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ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) is a Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

-based mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 (MMA) event which was officially launched on 14 July 2011.

About ONE Fighting Championship

ONE Fighting Championship aims to be the biggest organization in Asian history. The first show, ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion
ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion
ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion was the inaugural mixed martial arts event held by ONE Fighting Championship. The event took place on September 3, 2011 at the 12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.-Background:...

, took place at the 12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore Indoor Stadium is an indoor sports arena, located in Kallang, Singapore.It was completed in 1989 and was officially opened by the, then, prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, on 31 December 1989. The building was built at a cost of S$ 90 million...

 on 3 September 2011 and featured Phil Baroni
Phil Baroni
Philip George Baroni is an American mixed martial artist. He has a professional MMA record of 14–14–0. Baroni has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he holds a record of 3–7–0. Also he has fought in the PRIDE FC where he holds a record of 4–2–0...

, Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Yoshiyuki Yoshida
is a Japanese mixed martial artist competing in the welterweight division. A student of former Shooto competitor Noboru Asahi, he has competed in Shooto, Cage Force, and the UFC...

, Gregor Gracie
Gregor Gracie
Gregor Rangel , better known as Gregor Gracie, is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He is a black belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and son of the widow of Rolls Gracie and thus half-brother of Rolles Gracie Jr. and Igor Gracie. He was an ADCC participant,...

, and Eduard Folayang
Eduard Folayang
and SEA GamesEduard Folayang is a Filipino mixed martial artist and wushu practitioner. He is the reigning welterweight champion of the Universal Reality Combat Championship , the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the Philippines and also a participant in Martial Combat in Singapore.Folayang...

.

The organization is based in Singapore but plans to put on events all over Asia and CEO / Owner Victor Cui
Victor Cui
Victor Cui is a Filipino Canadian and the CEO / Owner of ONE Fighting Championship , a mixed martial arts organization based in Singapore. He has nearly 15 years of experience in the sports media industry and was also the man behind Martial Combat, a promotion which ran two shows per month on the...

 has listed Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila, Seoul and Shanghai as likely destinations for future shows. ONE Fighting Championship will be holding events in all major cities in Asia as well as a national qualifier series and reality TV program.

CEO and Owner Victor Cui
Victor Cui
Victor Cui is a Filipino Canadian and the CEO / Owner of ONE Fighting Championship , a mixed martial arts organization based in Singapore. He has nearly 15 years of experience in the sports media industry and was also the man behind Martial Combat, a promotion which ran two shows per month on the...

 is the former promoter of Martial Combat, an ESPN Star Sports owned promotion which put on 12 events in 2010. According to Cui Martial Combat was a "small pilot test project" and ONE Fighting Championship will be spending fifteen times as much on each event as Martial Combat did. The funding comes from a group of foreign investors.

Rules

ONE Fighting Championship will institute the Pride Fighting Championships rules combined with the Nevada Rules; allowing for soccer kicks, head stomps, and permitting the use of elbows.

One FC Network

On 26 October 2011 CEO/owner Victor Cui announced the formation of the One FC network, an alliance of camps and promotions in Asia and Australia including:

URCC (Philippines)

Cage Fighting Championship
Cage Fighting Championship
Cage Fighting Championship is one of the premier Australian mixed martial arts organizations. The promotions most successful alumni is CFC and Bellator middleweight championship, Hector Lombard who has competed in nine CFC events.- Events :...

 (Australia)

ROAD Fighting Championship (Korea)

DARE Championship (Thailand)

Team Lakay Wushu
Team Lakay Wushu
Team Lakay, is a martial arts group based in Baguio, Philippines. Officially named Lakay MMA Tap Team, it is also known as Lakay Wushu or Lakay MMA. The group was founded in 2003 by MMA fighter Marquez Sangiao...

 (Philippines)

Tiger Muay Thai and MMA (Thailand)

Tigers Gym (India)

Evolve Mixed Martial Arts (Singapore)

Legacy Gym (Thailand)

Tough MMA (Taiwan)

Synergy Jiu-Jitsu (Indonesia)

Juggernaut FC (Singapore)

Fightworks Asia (Singapore)

PAK MMA
Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan
Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan is the premiere mixed martial arts and martial arts promotion based in Pakistan that was created in December 2007 by Bashir Ahmad to promote Martial Arts styles in Pakistan with a particular focus on Mixed Martial Arts competition.From organizing seminars all around...

 (Pakistan)

Team Force (Korea)

MuayFit (Malaysia)

Leverage MMA (Malaysia)

Weight Divisions

Bantamweight
Bantamweight (MMA)
The bantamweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*The King of the Cage bantamweight class with upper limit at 145 lb...

: Under 61 kilograms

Featherweight
Featherweight (MMA)
The featherweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Pancrase's featherweight division, which groups competitors within 136 to 145 lb...

: 61 to 66 kilograms

Lightweight
Lightweight (MMA)
The lightweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:* The UFC & Strikeforce lightweight division with upper limit at 155 lb...

: 66 to 70 kilograms

Welterweight
Welterweight (MMA)
The welterweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*The UFC's & Strikeforce's welterweight division, which groups competitors within 156 to 170 lb...

: 70 to 77 kilograms

Middleweight
Middleweight (MMA)
The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Strikeforce's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb...

: 77 to 84 kilograms

Light Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight (MMA)
The light heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 186 and 205 lb . It sits between the lighter middleweight division, and the heavyweight division....

: 84 to 93 kilograms

Heavyweight
Heavyweight (MMA)
The heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally groups fighters between .Although many ambiguities exist within the lower weight classes regarding division naming and weight limits, the Heavyweight division is, for the most part, uniform...

: 93 to 120 kilograms

List of Events

Event Date Location Venue Attendance Broadcast
ONE Fighting Championship 4   Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, Malaysia
Stadium Negara
Stadium Negara
Stadium Negara is a stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was the first indoor stadium in the country. Construction began in 1960 and the stadium officially opened in 10 April 1962, by third Yang di-Pertuan Agong Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra, of Perlis...

ONE Fighting Championship 3   Kallang
Kallang
Kallang is an urban planning area and a subdivision located in the southeastern part of Singapore.It is probably best known for being the location of the Singapore Indoor Stadium & the old National Stadium, as well as the new Singapore Sports Hub...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore Indoor Stadium is an indoor sports arena, located in Kallang, Singapore.It was completed in 1989 and was officially opened by the, then, prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, on 31 December 1989. The building was built at a cost of S$ 90 million...

ONE Fighting Championship 2   North Jakarta
North Jakarta
North Jakarta is one of the five cities of Jakarta, Indonesia. North Jakarta contains the entire coastal area within Jakarta Special District. In North Jakarta, an area at the estuary of Ciliwung river was the main port for the kingdom of Tarumanegara, which will later grows to become Jakarta....

, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

The BritAma Arena
ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion
ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion
ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion was the inaugural mixed martial arts event held by ONE Fighting Championship. The event took place on September 3, 2011 at the 12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.-Background:...

  Kallang
Kallang
Kallang is an urban planning area and a subdivision located in the southeastern part of Singapore.It is probably best known for being the location of the Singapore Indoor Stadium & the old National Stadium, as well as the new Singapore Sports Hub...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore Indoor Stadium is an indoor sports arena, located in Kallang, Singapore.It was completed in 1989 and was officially opened by the, then, prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, on 31 December 1989. The building was built at a cost of S$ 90 million...

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