Wednesday, February 22, 2012

ONE FC: Best thing for MMA in Asia


Eduard Folayang

I have been reading about MMA in Asia and kept seeing the organization called ONE Fighting Championship. They seem to be on the right track to get the Asian MMA scene on the same level as other elite oraganizations around the world.

Check out their event:
 ONE Fighting Championship inaugural event

According to Wikipedia here is the list of notable fighters signed with ONE Fighting Championship:


Notable Fighters

Notable fighters to have either fought for or signed with ONE Fighting Championship include:

They also have most of the good MMA gyms in Asia under their umbrella.  Also, according to Wiki, their network:

One Fighting Championship 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:
DREAM
URCC (Philippines)
Cage Fighting Championship (Australia)
ROAD Fighting Championship (Korea)
DARE Championship (Thailand)
Team Lakay Wushu (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)
Spider Academy (Indonesia)
Juggernaut FC (Singapore)
Fightworks Asia (Singapore)
PAK MMA (Pakistan)
Team Force (Korea)
MuayFit (Malaysia)
Leverage MMA (Malaysia)
Fairtex Gym Bangkok

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