ONE Championship is slowly growing in to a global powerhouse. With former UFC mega star Rich Franklin as a front man and some high quality promotional videos along with engaging web content it is not surprising. In their latest highlights video we see some of the best submissions the organization has produced.
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The Only Girl at the Try Outs
ONE Championship, the Singapore-based Mixed Martial Arts, Muay Thai, and Kickboxing promotion launched in 2011, is home to an ever-lengthening list of fighters from New Zealand, and Nyrene Crowley looks set to join the ranks, and soon. Born and bread in Auckland, Crowley headed to Bali in September last year after leaving her trainers with … Read more
That time Jorge Gurgel took an ice bath with Rich Franklin
Former UFC fighters Rich Franklin and Jorge Gurgel are a pair of genuinely good guys. Rich coached Jorge on the second season of The Ultimate Fighter but they trained together long before that. Let me set this video up after saying all of this. Rich Franklin was taking an ice bath to help his body recover and in walks Jorge. After some antics Gurgel climbs in and Rich doesn’t seem that shocked even after Jorge creates a makeshift thong. Check it out…
Romero’s manager believes his client just may be the middleweight GOAT, wait what?
Malki Kawa told The Luke Thomas Show that his client Yoel Romero may be the greatest middleweight of all time. You can’t be the GOAT if you can’t make weight and unless you have had the UFC belt around your waist there is no chance for that moniker to be yours. Yoel missed weight for … Read more
Rich Franklin says he’s busier than ever, ONE Warrior Series episode 1 video
I was texting back and forth with one of the most respectful, hard working, and friendly people on the planet about his current projects and he said he was very busy, but loved every minute of it. Rich Franklin is the vice president of international MMA organization ONE Championship and stays in constant motion nowadays so getting texts from him means he’s at least taking an occasional breather. If you would like a road map to success just look at his path from math teacher, to UFC champion, and then a powerful player in today’s MMA climate. One of our favorite projects he’s been working on is the ONE Warrior series and we’ve got the video. Check it out.
TOP 3 UFC fights that turned a fighter in to a star
Nate Diaz is a megastar now since defeating Conor McGregor in their first bout. Sure, McGregor got the win back, but Diaz was launched in to the million dollar club. Ronda Rousey announced herself to the world by beating reigning Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate and Chris Weidman stunned the world by defeating Anderson Silva via … Read more
ONE Championship fighters will now compete at ‘walking-weight’ in revolutionary MMA weigh-in program
ONE Championship has introduced a new weigh-in program that will hopefully be safer for the fighters and also help prevent what happened with the recent Luis Santos situation. Fighters are no longer allowed to cut weight by dehydration and will now compete at their “walking-weight”. The news comes via ONE Championship press release: 23 December … Read more
Former UFC champion Rich Franklin officially retires
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin has officially announced his retirement from MMA as a fighter. The 40 year old Franklin (29-7, 1NC) hasn’t competed since November 2012, a first round KO loss against Cung Le in China. Franklin did his own thing after that fight even though he had one fight left on his … Read more
Brandon Vera signs deal with ONE FC
It looks as if Brandon Vera has found a new employer following his release from the UFC. The Asian juggernaut ONE FC announced today that they have signed “The Truth” and expect him to grace a card later this year. Vera has been on the UFC roster since 2005 and a 2006 win over Frank … Read more
The legacy of Anderson Silva
At UFC 64 Anderson Silva defeated Rich Franklin to become the new UFC middleweight champion. Franklin had been the champion for a year and half before the loss to “The Spider”, and many thought the loss was a fluke. After Franklin won two straight fights and Silva turned back challengers Travis Lutter and Nate Marquardt, … Read more