ONE Fighting Championship “War of the Lions” is the biggest and best card in the history of the promotion.
And for fight fans all around the world, the news just got better because the entire show will be available to view completely free of charge.
Originally set to cost $24.95, it was announced today that instead ONE FC CEO/Owner Victor Cui has decided to let fans view it for free.
This is from the press release:
“As a gift of appreciation to all MMA fans around the world, I have decided to make the broadcast of the entire fight card for ‘ONE FC: War of the Lions’ on March 31 completely free-of-charge in HD quality on our YouTube Channel. I want the world to see that Asian MMA is back bigger and better than ever! ONE Fighting Championship is Asia’s largest MMA organization with the biggest pan-Asian media broadcast to a potential 500 million viewers across 24 countries. We are here to lead the way in Asia!”
Victor Cui also added, “On this fight card, you will see some of the biggest stars and rising stars in Asia from most of the major Asian MMA organizations like ONE FC, DREAM, URCC, DEEP, etc as well as from the top Asian MMA gyms like Evolve MMA, Team Lakay, Team MAD, Juggernaut, Muayfit, etc. Tatsuya Kawajiri, Eduard Folayang, Eddie Ng, Kevin Belingon, Zorobabel Moreira, Masakazu Imanari, Ole Laursen, Melvin Manhoef, Yuya Shirai, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi and the rest of the fighters on the card will set Asia on fire on March 31.
“For this event, we are anticipating record attendance for ONE FC. Several thousand tickets have already been sold for ‘ONE FC: War of the Lions’ at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. We are expecting a sold-out show.”
There are 11 fights on the card in total:
Felipe Enomoto vs. Zorobabel Moreira
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Donald Sanchez
Eduard Folayang vs. Ole Laursen
Yuya Shirai vs. Fabricio Monteiro
Melvin Manhoef vs. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
Eddie Ng vs. Jian Kai Chee
Masakazu Imanari vs. Kevin Belingon
Jeet Toshi vs. Nicole Chua
Quek Kim Hock vs. Juan Wen Jie
Jiang Long Yun vs. Yodsanan Sityodtong
Danny van Bergen vs. Richie Whitson
And the broadcast times are as follows:
8:00 PM – Kuala Lumpur
1:00 PM – London
8:00 AM – New York City
5:00 AM – San Francisco
* Free live streaming is geo-blocked in Singapore and Japan.
This is a huge power play by ONE FC because although it will cost them some pay-per-view income, it will have the effect of making this event one of the most viewed in the history of the sport of MMA.
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