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    ONE Championship : histoire, catégories de poids et comment regarder (2026)

    Guide de ONE Championship, la plus grande organisation de sports de combat d'Asie : histoire, règles hybrides en MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing et grappling, et comment regarder.

    ONE Championship is the largest combat sports promotion in Asia and the most prominent global organization to stage mixed martial arts, Muay Thai, kickboxing, and submission grappling under a single banner. Headquartered in Singapore and founded in 2011, ONE markets itself as a celebration of Asian martial arts values, opening each event with a ceremonial gong and emphasizing respect alongside competition. The promotion runs cards across Asia, with regular events in Bangkok, Manila, Tokyo, Singapore, and increasingly in the United States after the 2023 launch of "ONE on Prime Video."

    History

    ONE Championship was founded by Singaporean entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong, a former Wall Street hedge fund manager and lifelong Muay Thai practitioner, alongside television executive Victor Cui. The first event, ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion, took place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 3 September 2011. The promotion was rebranded simply as ONE Championship in 2015. Its parent company, Group ONE Holdings, has raised hundreds of millions of US dollars from investors including Sequoia Capital, Temasek's Heliconia, and Qatar Investment Authority, and is regularly cited as one of Asia's most valuable sports media properties.

    The promotion's early growth was fueled by acquisitions and exclusive contracts, including a 2017 broadcast deal with Turner Sports that brought ONE to North American television. In 2018, the headline-grabbing trade between ONE and UFC sent former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson east while sending welterweight Ben Askren west, signaling ONE's intent to compete globally. In 2018 and 2019, ONE expanded its kickboxing roster by signing many of the world's top GLORY and K-1 veterans, and in 2021 it launched ONE Friday Fights, a weekly Muay Thai-focused show held at Bangkok's historic Lumpinee Stadium.

    Following the COVID-19 pandemic, ONE secured a multi-year partnership with Amazon Prime Video in 2022, bringing live cards to viewers in the United States and Canada. The promotion now claims a roster of more than 500 fighters from over 80 countries and stages roughly 50 to 70 events per year across its various series.

    Weight classes

    Unusually, ONE uses walking-weight divisions backed by mandatory hydration testing rather than the day-before weigh-in common to other promotions, an approach designed to discourage dangerous water cuts. Limits and notable champions across recent years include:

    • Atomweight: 52.2 kg / 115 lb — Angela Lee, Stamp Fairtex
    • Strawweight: 56.7 kg / 125 lb — Joshua Pacio, Jarred Brooks
    • Flyweight: 61.2 kg / 135 lb — Demetrious Johnson, Adriano Moraes
    • Bantamweight: 65.8 kg / 145 lb — Bibiano Fernandes, John Lineker, Fabricio Andrade; Rodtang Jitmuangnon and Jonathan Haggerty in Muay Thai and kickboxing
    • Featherweight: 70.3 kg / 155 lb — Martin Nguyen, Tang Kai; Superbon Singha Mawynn in kickboxing
    • Lightweight: 77.1 kg / 170 lb — Eddie Alvarez, Christian Lee, Regian Eersel in Muay Thai and kickboxing
    • Welterweight: 83.9 kg / 185 lb — Ben Askren, Kiamrian Abbasov, Roberto Soldic
    • Middleweight: 92.9 kg / 205 lb — Reinier de Ridder, Aung La Nsang
    • Light Heavyweight: 102.0 kg / 225 lb — Anatoly Malykhin
    • Heavyweight: 120.2 kg / 265 lb — Brandon Vera, Arjan Bhullar, Anatoly Malykhin

    How to watch

    In the United States and Canada, ONE Championship events stream on Amazon Prime Video, with the headline ONE Fight Night series broadcast live from Bangkok in US prime time on Friday evenings. In the United Kingdom, the promotion has streamed via TrillerTV and direct ONE platforms. Across Asia, ONE has long-standing free-to-air partnerships, including Star Sports Select in India, TV3 in Malaysia, ABS-CBN in the Philippines, and Channel 7 in Thailand, which carries ONE Friday Fights from Lumpinee Stadium. Japan has access through Abema, and the promotion's own subscription service, watch.onefc.com, streams events globally subject to regional rights.

    Notable champions and influential fighters

    • Demetrious Johnson — Former UFC flyweight champion who won the ONE flyweight MMA title and the inaugural flyweight Grand Prix
    • Angela Lee — Inaugural ONE women's atomweight champion; defended the title multiple times before retiring in 2023
    • Rodtang Jitmuangnon — Thai Muay Thai flyweight champion known as "The Iron Man" for his pressure style
    • Stamp Fairtex — Three-sport champion in Muay Thai, kickboxing, and MMA atomweight
    • Anatoly Malykhin — Russian three-division MMA champion at middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight
    • Superbon Singha Mawynn — Thai kickboxer and former featherweight champion known for his head-kick knockout of Giorgio Petrosyan
    • Regian Eersel — Dutch-Surinamese striker who held the lightweight Muay Thai and kickboxing titles simultaneously
    • Christian Lee — Two-division MMA champion at lightweight and welterweight

    ONE Championship's multi-discipline format gives fans the rare chance to watch elite MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, and grappling on a single card.

    Questions fréquentes

    Quelles disciplines ONE Championship propose-t-il ?

    ONE Championship est l'une des seules grandes organisations mondiales à présenter les arts martiaux mixtes, le Muay Thai, le kickboxing et le grappling de soumission au sein de la même organisation. Une carte typique de ONE Fight Night sur Prime Video pourrait inclure plusieurs combats de MMA, deux ou trois combats de Muay Thai, un combat de kickboxing et un match de grappling de soumission. Chaque discipline a ses propres titres mondiaux, mais des combattants comme Stamp Fairtex, Regian Eersel et Jonathan Haggerty ont détenu des championnats dans plusieurs sports.

    En quoi la coupe de poids de ONE Championship est-elle différente ?

    ONE utilise un système de poids de marche soutenu par des tests d'hydratation obligatoires dans les jours précédant un combat. Les athlètes sont pesés entièrement hydratés et doivent maintenir leur densité urinaire spécifique dans une plage saine, ce qui décourage les coupes de déshydratation sévères courantes ailleurs dans les sports de combat. Les combattants qui échouent aux tests d'hydratation ou qui ratent le poids de marche contracté peuvent voir leurs combats annulés ou être déplacés dans une catégorie supérieure. Le système a été introduit après le décès en 2015 d'un combattant de ONE suite à une coupe d'eau.

    Où puis-je regarder ONE Championship en 2026 ?

    Aux États-Unis et au Canada, les événements ONE Fight Night sont diffusés en direct sur Amazon Prime Video dans le cadre d'un partenariat pluriannuel signé en 2022, généralement le vendredi soir aux heures de grande écoute américaines depuis le stade Lumpinee de Bangkok ou le Singapore Indoor Stadium. Les partenaires en clair à travers l'Asie incluent Star Sports en Inde, TV3 en Malaisie, ABS-CBN aux Philippines et Channel 7 en Thaïlande. Le service d'abonnement direct à watch.onefc.com diffuse les événements dans le monde entier sous réserve des droits régionaux.

    Qui a fondé ONE Championship et où est-il basé ?

    ONE Championship a été fondé en 2011 par l'entrepreneur singapourien Chatri Sityodtong, ancien gestionnaire de fonds spéculatifs à Wall Street et pratiquant de Muay Thai de longue date, aux côtés du dirigeant de télévision Victor Cui, Sityodtong étant président et directeur général. La société mère, Group ONE Holdings, est basée à Singapour et a attiré des investissements de Sequoia Capital, Heliconia Capital de Temasek et de la Qatar Investment Authority.

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