MMA

UFC fights to take place at White House on June 14, Trump says

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump said on Sunday that a previously announced Ultimate Fighting Championship event at the White House will take place on June 14 next year, which will be the president’s 80th bi...

Fighters in action at the weekly One Friday Fights event at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok.
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Pathway to profitability: One Championship spreads wings in Asia and beyond

The Middle East and the US are strategic expansion markets, says co-founder and president Teh Hua Fung

A bird's eye view of the crowd inside the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok for one of the weekly One Friday Fights events.

One Championship to relocate global production hub from Singapore to Bangkok

The mixed martial arts organisation’s global corporate headquarters will remain in Singapore

UFC Fight Night will take place at Shanghai Indoor Stadium on Dec 9 pending “event date approval by the local governing authority”, UFC said in a statement.

UFC to hold first event in China since pandemic

ULTIMATE Fighting Championship will hold its first event in China since the pandemic, the top MMA promoter said on Wednesday, the latest sport to return to the country following the abolition of Covid...

Holloway holds the UFC record for total strikes landed (3.366), while his opponent, Jung, is fan favourite known as a creative grappler with heavy hands.

Win tickets to UFC Fight Night

The Business Times is giving away 10 pairs of tickets to the upcoming Mixed Martial Arts featherweight main title bout

Demetrious Johnson (right) will face Adriano Moraes (left) in the main event of One Championship's first US live show in Colorado on May 5, 2023.
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One Championship heads to Colorado for its big US debut

America is the world’s largest sports market with an insatiable demand for martial arts, says Group President Teh Hua Fung

One Championship women's atomweight world champion Angela Lee (left) together with Filipino race driver Bianca Bustamante at the Evolve MMA gym at Far East Square in Singapore.

Angela Lee ready to make MMA history in One Championship title showdown

The 26-year-old fighter faces China’s Xiong Jing Nan for the women’s strawweight world title at the Indoor Stadium on Saturday.

ONE Championship has become Asia’s largest sports media player, according to Nielsen, a global audience measurement and data analytics company.

Mixed martial arts firm ONE Championship lays groundwork for a US IPO

GROUP ONE Holdings, the parent company of martial arts and gaming firm ONE Championship, is planning for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States once market conditions are optimal to dri...

Fights and football as the Sports Hub comes alive
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Fights and football as the Sports Hub comes alive

One Championship has its 10th anniversary show, while Singapore and Malaysia meet in the Causeway derby

One Championship on track for a buoyant 2022
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One Championship on track for a buoyant 2022

The company's 10th anniversary show in Singapore on Mar 26 will have thousands of fans in the arena, says CEO Chatri Sityodtong