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Shinya Aoki Pipe Bomb Article Trashing ONE Championship

Last week Shinya Aoki published an article that was a pipe bomb that trashed ONE Championship saying they would go out of business in 2020. It was then edited and republished as a much more ONE FC Friendly article. I discuss this and more with MMA Journalist Ant Walker 

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On this episode of the Asian MMA Podcast I team up with JHK of Kumite Radio to go over everything that went down in Asian MMA this past year, and oh what a year it's been. We talk about RIZIN, ONE Championship, ROAD FC, Full Metal Dojo, TFC, OWS, Tiger Muay Thai, Battlefield FC, Korean MMA, Japan MMA and oh so much more.

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ONE Championship Century Paywalled Typhoon Hagibis and a Shiny New ONE Grand Prix Belt

First things first, ONE Century isn’t just a stacked card, it’s two stacked cards back to back! That is just nuts! There are so many belts on the line! If you are not planning to watch these events just punch yourself in the face! Man! This is gonna be crazy. 

But from an MMA business perspective, the big news about this event is that ONE Will ...

Malaysia Based Fighter Mostafa Ibrahim Radi - Asian MMA Podcast

In this episode, I chat with Malaysia based fighter Mostafa Ibrahim Radi about his upcoming fight in Full Metal Dojo against Javier Trujillo.

Mostafa trains out of Monarchy MMA in Kuala Lumpur

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Thailand Based fighter Javier Trujillo discusses his upcoming fight at full metal dojo against Mostafa Ibrahim Radi from Monarchy MMA

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We had two massive shows go down. ONE Championship Dreams of Gold in Bangkok and Rizin 18 in Japan. And of course, we have to talk about ONEs first open weigh-in and hydration test since switching to their no cutting policy. 

Let’s start things off here in Bangkok with ONE: Dreams of Gold. This was a kickboxing and muay thai heavy card, which ONE tends to do with their shows in Bangkok because that is what the local fans want to se...

ONE Championship goes to Inda, SFC 8, UGB Rebirth, FMD, Fighters Give Back 

Singapore Fighting Championship has announced their next show which will be September 28th at the FooChow building in Singapore. 

That have not announced the full fight card yet, but when they do I will be sure to update everyone on the MMA matches. 

SFC generally does cards with a mix of combat sports on them, MMA, Boxing, and Muay Thai. I watched the la...

ONE Championship Dawn of Heroes recap, Pancrase 305 bouts added and Battlefield FC Update - Asian MMA Podcast 

Over the weekend we had ONE Championship back in action in Manila. 

But before we get into that we have an update on the Battlefield FC event I talked about last week. Several outlets are reporting that all fighters have been paid.

That’s a move in the right direction, but it’s still going to be difficult for anyone to tru...

Will Chope Interview - The Most Active Fighter in Asian MMA

Will recently had a dust-up on social media with the CEO of ONE Championship, Chatri Sityodtong over a post WIll penned about the lack of drug testing in Asian MMA and his opinions on ONEs policies. Chatri would go on to say he agreed with most of what Will said in his post right before sending his staff out to get wills contact info and having ONEs corporate lawyer send a...

RIZIN 17 Results, Battlefield FC 2, ONE Championship and WADA

Before I get into Battlefield FC, and believe me that is going to be a big part of what we talk about today. 

Before that, though I want to talk about RIZIN 17! Oh man was that a hell of a card. I love what RIZIN is doing and the approach they take to the sport. Some great Asian MMA matchups going on over there, 

This was a big card, I want to talk about a few of the fig...

A few weeks back ONE Championship announced that they have appointed Plai Asdamongkol as the President of ONE Championship Thailand. 

While on the surface this might seem like a fairly run of the mill appointment in the industry, this could actually have a fairly significant impact on MMA across Asia. 

Now, first off, I have to say I know Plai, I like Plai, he’s been on the show before. If there was a single person who has done mor...

We start this recap in Japan which will be the same place we finish it with Pancrase 305, and then we have some interesting news bits to cover from Rizin and Deep Jewels.

Pancrase 305 was a really good card, I’ve been watching Pancrase since back in the day so I really enjoy their shows on a nostalgia level.

I’m going to put the full results up at AsianMMAPodcast.com so you can check that out there.

First I want to talk about the...

Today we are talking about the odd occurrence of so many fighters from big gyms outside of Asia are repping Evolve MMA when they fight in ONE Championship.

For those of you who don’t know Evolve MMA is a Singapore based gym founded and owned by Chatri Sityodtong.

Just in case you don’t know, that happens to be the same Chatri Sityodtong that is the founder, chairman, and CEO of ONE Championship.

Blaring conflict of interest asid...

Asian MMA Podcast weekend update for May 17tth -19th of 2019 ONE Championship Enter the Dragon and ROAD FC 53

This is your Asian MMA weekend update for May 17tth -19th of 2019

We had two massive events this weekend with ONE Championships Enter The Dragon in Singapore and ROAD FC 53 capping off their lightweight tournament and awarding the million dollar prize.

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Thoughts on ONE Championship’s Agent Certification Program - Asian MMA Podcast Episode 24

This whole announcement was def a head-scratcher for a lot of people. It came just a week after ONE made a big splash by announcing their new production studio that will create movies and shows for digital distribution.

On the surface, the underpinnings of the certification program seem reasonable for the most part. But the very first point ca...

Asian MMA Weekend Recap for May 10-12 2019 - Asian MMA podcast Episode 23

There was a fair amount of action going on this weekend in Asian MMA focused around Thailand and Japan. We likely won’t see anything from Malaysia or Indonesia for a month due to Ramadan being in full swing and both of those being Muslim majority countries so just about everyone from there is fasting.

Let’s start off in Japan where we had DEEP 89 Impact go d...

ONE Championship Warriors of Light Recap with Leon Jennings from APMMA - Asian MMA Podcast Episode 22

On this special episode, I sit down with a friend of the show MMA journalist and founder of APMMA.net Leon Jennings to discuss what went down at ONE Championship Warriors of Light in Bangkok, Thailand. 

Leon is in press row for just about every ONE Championship event and has a lot of great access to fighters and gyms so is always a...

Interview with President of TMMAF Plai Jitinat 

In this episode, I sit down with Plai Jitinat the president of TMMAF the local Thai chapter of IMMAF. 

We talk about the recent Asian Open Championships held in Bangkok, The role of IMMAF in global MMA, The Value of amateur MMA, The hot spots for fighters in Asia and how far MMA has come in Thailand over the past few years. 

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Asian MMA Weekend Recap May 3-5 2019 - Asian MMA Podcast Episode 20 

Before we get right into the fight action from the weekend, I’ve got to give a shout out to two fighters who have cut their teeth in the Asian MMA scene over the years and have been making some serious moves as of late.

First up a big shot out to Cole Smith who made a successful UFC Debut over the weekend. The Cole Train spent a lot of time training up in Chian...