Former lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez took to social media to state his views on the whole situation with Jon Jones and UFC 232. At yesterday’s press conference, Jon Jones seemed to cite the picogram of turinabol in his system as his defense for be…
Former lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez took to social media to state his views on the whole situation with Jon Jones and UFC 232. At yesterday’s press conference, Jon Jones seemed to cite the picogram of turinabol in his system as his defense for being cleared because of how small it is said to be. Using […]
Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez will make their ONE Championship debuts just three months into the new year. On the heels of a landmark year, the Asia-based fight promotion hopes to have an even bigger 2019. ONE Championship will make its debut in Japan on March 31, 2019, at Ryogoku Kokugikan. That is an 11,000-capacity […]
Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez will make their ONE Championship debuts just three months into the new year.
On the heels of a landmark year, the Asia-based fight promotion hopes to have an even bigger 2019.
ONE Championship will make its debut in Japan on March 31, 2019, at Ryogoku Kokugikan. That is an 11,000-capacity venue near Tokyo. The event will stream on the promotion’s award-winning app.
In his first bout with the promotion Johnson will fight Yuya Wakamatsu in a flyweight bout. Alvarez will take on Timofey Nastyukin in his debut with ONE.
Also on the card, atomweight champion Angela Lee will move up in weight to challenge the strawweight champion Xiong Jing Nan. Middleweight champ Aung La N Sang and lightweight champ Eduard Folayang will defend their belts as well.
Along with “Super” Sage Northcutt, Johnson and Alvarez were three huge free agent sigings for ONE Championship this year. Couple that with the promotion landing Meisha Tate as an exeutive and a massive United States TV deal and the future looks bright for the ONE in 2019.
The details of Demetrious Johnson’s and Eddie Alvarez’s ONE Championship debuts have been revealed. Both men will be making their promotional debuts simultaneous to the company making a debut of its own, as they will both be competing in ONE Champions…
The details of Demetrious Johnson’s and Eddie Alvarez’s ONE Championship debuts have been revealed. Both men will be making their promotional debuts simultaneous to the company making a debut of its own, as they will both be competing in ONE Championship’s first ever appearance in Tokyo, Japan, set for March 31st. In addition to Johnson […]
Eddie Alvarez believes his ONE Championship debut will take place in Tokyo, Japan. Alvarez signed with ONE Championship back in October. “The Underground King” fought out of his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) contract. The former UFC …
Eddie Alvarez believes his ONE Championship debut will take place in Tokyo, Japan. Alvarez signed with ONE Championship back in October. “The Underground King” fought out of his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) contract. The former UFC lightweight champion decided it made sense to sign with the Asia-based promotion over staying with the UFC. Eddie Alvarez […]
ONE Championship continues to make waves in the world of mixed martial arts as they announced via a press release that Miesha Tate will serve as the new Vice President. The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced that it has appointed former women’s mixed martial arts world […]
ONE Championship continues to make waves in the world of mixed martial arts as they announced via a press release that Miesha Tate will serve as the new Vice President.
The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship (ONE), has just announced that it has appointed former women’s mixed martial arts world champion Miesha Tate as Vice President of ONE Championship.
The news of Tate’s signing is just the latest in a string of high prifle signings for the Asian based promotion. Former UFC Lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez signed a massive fight deal to come on board and that was followed by MMA’s first ever trade that sent Demetrious Johnson to ONE in exchange for Ben Askren.
ONE’s CEO Chatri Sityodting welcomed his new vice president via a tweet as the news broke:
Please join me in welcoming my good friend @MieshaTate to @ONEChampionship! She is one of the greatest female mixed martial artists in history. Above all, she has a heart of gold. Miesha will be moving to Singapore in early 2019 to join us as a Vice President. #WeAreONE
Tate later released a statement of her own thanking her new boss and stating she is looking forward to relocating to Singapore.
“I am thrilled to join ONE Championship as a Vice President,” Tate stated. “I truly believe in its mission of unleashing real-life superheroes who ignite the world with hope, strength, dreams, and inspiration. I’m honored to bring my experience as a world champion and to help inspire the next generation of athletes. And of course, I am excited to relocate to my new home, Singapore, and travel throughout Asia.”
ONE Championship is back in action on Friday with “ONE Championship 83: Heart of the Lion,” which takes place at Singapore Indoor Stadium.
ONE Championship is ready to introduce their newly-acquired fighters to their promotion. Both Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and Eddie Alvarez are in Singapore at the moment to make their first appearances for ONE. They will be guest fig…
ONE Championship is ready to introduce their newly-acquired fighters to their promotion. Both Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and Eddie Alvarez are in Singapore at the moment to make their first appearances for ONE. They will be guest fighters at Friday’s (November 9, 2018) ONE: Heart Of The Lion event. ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong recently revealed that both […]