The year 2021 was the 11th year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts, kickboxing and Muay Thai promotion based in Singapore.
ONE Championship 2021 Awards The following fighters won the ONE Championship year-end awards for 2021 ONE Championship MMA Fighter of the Year 2021: Ok Rae Yoon ONE Championship MMA Female Fighter of the Year 2021: Stamp Fairtex ONE Championship MMA Fight for the Year: Dagi Arslanaliev vs. Timofey Nastyukhin ONE Championship MMA Knockout of the Year 2021: Adriano Moraes against Demetrious Johnson (ONE 132: ONE on TNT 1) ONE Championship Submission of the Year 2021: Shinya Aoki against James Nakashima (ONE 126: Unbreakable) ONE Super Series Fighter of the Year 2021: Superbon Banchamek ONE Super Series Fight of the Year 2021: Rodtang Jitmuangnon vs. Danial Williams (ONE 132: ONE on TNT 1) ONE Super Series Knockout of the Year 2021: Superbon Banchamek against Giorgio Petrosyan (ONE 144: First Strike) ONE Super Series Female Fighter of the Year 2021: Janet Todd
The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition Chatri Sityodtong announces a ONE Championship edition of The Apprentice who will feature 16 contestants who will be competing for a $250,000 prize and a one-year contract to work for ONE (as well as becoming the chief of staff).
Guest Athletes Angela Lee Ben Askren Brandon Vera Demetrious Johnson Georges St-Pierre Renzo Gracie Rich Franklin Ritu Phogat Sage Northcutt Xiong Jing Nan
List of events
ONE Championship ONE Championship No. Event Event Date Air date Venue Location 1 ONE Championship 126: Unbreakable Singapore Indoor Stadium Singapore 2 ONE Championship 127: Unbreakable 2 3 ONE Championship 128: Unbreakable 3 4 ONE Championship 129: Fists Of Fury 5 ONE Championship 130: Fists Of Fury 2 6 ONE Championship 131: Fists Of Fury 3 7 ONE Championship 136: Dangal 8 ONE Championship 137: Full Blast 9 ONE Championship 138: Full Blast 2 10 ONE Championship 139: Battleground 11 ONE Championship 140: Battleground 2 12 ONE Championship 141: Battleground 3 13 ONE Championship 142: Empower 14 ONE Championship 143: Revolution 15 ONE Championship 144: First Strike 16 ONE Championship 145: NextGen 17 ONE: Championship 146: NextGen 2 18 ONE Championship 147: NextGen 3 19 ONE Championship 148: Winter Warriors 20 ONE Championship 149: Winter Warriors 2
ONE on TNT ONE on TNT No. Event Event Date Air date Venue Location 1 ONE on TNT 1 (ONE 132) Singapore Indoor Stadium Singapore 2 ONE on TNT 2 (ONE 133) 3 ONE on TNT 3 (ONE 134) 4
Road to ONE Road to ONE No. Event Date Venue Location 1 Road to ONE: Young Guns Tsutaya O-East Tokyo, Japan 2 Road to ONE: RUF 39 Glendale Civic Center Glendale, Arizona, United States 3 Road to ONE: Night of Warriors 17 - Prague, Czech Republic 4 Road to ONE: RUF 40 Glendale Civic Center Glendale, Arizona, United States 5 Road to ONE: Arena Friday Night Fights 2 Kovilovo Resort Belgrade, Serbia 6 Road to ONE: RUF 41 Celebrity Theatre Phoenix, Arizona, United States 7 Road to ONE: Strikers Cage Championship 7 Pabellon Quico Cabrera Tenerife, Spain 8 Road to ONE: Vendetta fight nights 20 IBB Hamza Yerlikaya Sport Kompleksi Istanbul, Turkey 9 Road to ONE: MMA Live 8 Sachsen Arena Riesa, Germany 10 Road to ONE: RUF 42 Celebrity Theatre Phoenix, Arizona, United States 11 Road to ONE: RUF 43 Celebrity Theatre Phoenix, Arizona, United States 12 Road to ONE: Sexyama Edition Tsutaya O-East Tokyo, Japan 13 Road to ONE: Muay Thai Grand Prix The O2 Arena London, England 14 Road to ONE: RUF 44 Celebrity Theatre Phoenix, Arizona, United States 15 Road to ONE: Mix Fight 49 Dinamo Sport Complex Yerevan, Armenia 16 Road to ONE: RUF 45 Celebrity Theatre Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Grand Prix
2021 Kickboxing Featherweight Grand Prix
ONE Kickboxing Featherweight Grand Prix bracket
2021 Women's Atomweight Grand Prix
Background As the reigning ONE Atomeweight champion Angela Lee was unable to defend her title, due to becoming pregnant, ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced that an atomweight Grand Prix would be held to determine the next title challenger.
The eight participants of the tournament were revealed on February 24, 2021. They included the former Rizin, Road FC and Jewels Atomweight champion Seo Hee Ham, the #1 ranked Denice Zamboanga, the #2 ranked Meng Bo, the former ONE Kickboxing and Muaythai Atomeweight champion Stamp Fairtex, as well as the non-ranked Ritu Phogat, Itsuki Hirata, Alyse Anderson and Alyona Rassohyna.
A bout between Ritu Phogat and Bi Nguyen took place at ONE Championship: Dangal for a spot in the Grand Prix. Nguyen won the close bout via split decision and Phogat was removed from the Grand Prix. Her place was taken by Julie Mezabarba and later Grace Cleveland. Phogat Rejoin Women's Atomweight World Grand Prix.
The quarterfinals are expected to take place at ONE Championship: Empower which was initially scheduled to be held on May 28, 2021, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The second round of the grand prix will be determined by the fan vote.
ONE Women's Atomweight Grand Prix bracket
Julie Mezabarba replaced injured Seo Hee Ham at the semi-finals. Jenelyn Olsim replaced injured (but she was sick four days before that fight) Itsuki Hirata at the semi-finals.
Title fights
ONE Championship: Unbreakable
ONE Championship: Unbreakable (also known as ONE Championship 126) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 22, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
Background This event featured a kickboxing title fights. In the headline attraction, the reigning ONE Kickboxing Bantamweight Champion Alaverdi Ramazanov will defend his title for the first time against Capitan Petchyindee Academy. The co-main event of the evening was supposed to feature a title bout between the ONE Kickboxing Lightweight Champion Regian Eersel and Mustapha Haida, but it was reported that Haida has been forced out of the bout due to an undisclosed injury.
The card also feature a lightweight bout between the former ONE Lightweight Champion #5 ranked Shinya Aoki and the former LFA Welterweight Champion and ONE Welterweight World Title challenger James Nakashima.
Serbian heavyweight Rade Opacic was set to faces the promotional newcomer Patrick Schmid of Switzerland in a heavyweight kickboxing bout. However, a week before the event, Schmid withdrew from the bout, reportedly because one of his corner men has COVID-19. He was replaced by the promotional newcomer, Bruno Susano.
A strawweight bout between Hexigetu and Lito Adiwang was expected to take place at this event. However, Hexigetu pulled out a week before the event because his home province of Hebei, China, was put into lockdown following a recent COVID-19 spike. He was replaced by the reigning Deep Strawweight Champion Namiki Kawahara.
Results ONE: Unbreakable Weight Class Method Round Time NotesBantamweight 66 kg Capitan Petchyindee Academydef. Alaverdi Ramazanov (c)KO (Leg Kick & Right Cross)21:56For the ONE Kickboxing Bantamweight ChampionshipLightweight 77 kg Shinya Aokidef. James NakashimaSubmission (Rear-Naked Choke)12:42Heavyweight 120 kg Rade Opačićdef. Bruno SusanoTKO (Punches)21:11KickboxingWelterweight 84 kg Gadzhimurad Abdulaevdef. Zebaztian KadestamSubmission (Face Crank)12:08W.Atomweight 52 kg Meng Bodef. Samara SantosDecision (Unanimous)35:00Strawweight 57 kg Lito Adiwangdef. Namiki KawaharaKO (Punch)22:02
ONE Championship: Unbreakable 2
ONE Championship: Unbreakable 2 (also known as ONE Championship 127) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 22, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.It was first broadcast on January 29, 2021.
Background The event featured the former Cage Warriors Heavyweight Champion Mauro Cerilli who made his fourth ONE appearance against the promotional newcomer Abdulbasir Vagabov in the event headliner.
In the co-main event the former Shooto Featherweight Champion Daichi Takenaka moved back to 61 kg to face the former Jungle Fight Interim Flyweight Champion Ivanildo Delfino.
Senegalese wrestler Oumar Kane made his debut against the 4-time Muay Thai champion Alain Ngalani.
Results ONE: Unbreakable 2 Weight Class Method Round Time NotesHeavyweight 120 kg Mauro Cerillidef. Abdulbasir VagabovTKO (Leg Kick and Punches)20:36Flyweight 61 kg Daichi Takenakadef. Ivanildo DelfinoSubmission (Rear-Naked Choke)32:55Bantamweight 66 kg Kwon Won Ildef. Chen RuiTKO (Punch to the Body)30:31Light Heavyweight 102 kg Beybulat Isaevdef. Mihajlo KecojevicKO (Punch)11:22KickboxingW.Catchweight 62.5 kg Sovannahry Emdef. Choi Jeong YunTKO (Punches)22:51Heavyweight 120 kg Oumar Kanedef. Alain NgalaniTKO (Punches)14:32
ONE Championship: Unbreakable 3
ONE Championship: Unbreakable 3 (also known as ONE Championship 128) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 22, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. It was first broadcast on February 5, 2021.
Background The event was headlined by former kickboxing and muay thai world champion Stamp Fairtex who faced Alyona Rassohyna. In the co-main event, a bantamweight bout between #2 ranked Shoko Sato who faces Fabrício Andrade.
The remaining three bouts will feature a strawweight bout between Ryuto Sawada and Robin Catalan, a lightweight bout between Raul Raju and Ahmed Mujtaba, and a bantamweight fight between Tial Thang and Paul Lumihi. Han Zihao and Adam Noi will compete in the sole Muay Thai contest of the event.
Results ONE: Unbreakable 3 Weight Class Method Round Time NotesAtomweight 52 kg Alyona Rassohynadef. Stamp FairtexSubmission (Guillotine Choke)34:53Bantamweight 66 kg Fabrício Andradedef. Shoko SatoDecision (Unanimous35:00Strawweight 57 kg Ryuto Sawadadef. Robin CatalanSubmission (Rear-Naked Choke)14:19Heavyweight 120 kg Kang Ji Wondef. Mehdi BarghiTKO (Punches)14:50Lightweight 77 kg Ahmed Mujtabadef. Rahul RajuKO (Punches)10:56Bantamweight 66 kg Tial Thangdef. Paul LumihiTKO (Punches)22:25
Road to ONE: Young Guns
Road to ONE: Young Guns was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship in partnership with Shooto on February 22, 2021, at the Tsutaya O-East in Tokyo, Japan.
Background The sixth edition of Road to ONE was the fourth edition held in Japan. A women's atomweight bout between Itsuki Hirata and Miku Nakamura served as the main event.
Hikaru Yoshino was scheduled to face Tomohiro Hagino in a flyweight bout, but Hagino was forced off the card on February 9 with a rib injury. Yoshino instead faced Shohei Nose, who stepped in on short notice for this encounter.
Results Road to ONE Weight Class Method Round Time NotesW.Atomweight 52 kg Itsuki Hiratadef. Miku NakamuraTKO (Punches)22:34Lightweight 77 kg Kazuki Kasaidef. Takuya NagataTKO (Corner Stoppage)32:50Flyweight 61 kg Toru Ogawadef. Kenji YamanakaDecision (Unanimous)35:00Catchweight 54 kg Shoa Ariidef. Yu HiramatsuKO (Spinning Back Fist)22:25KickboxingCatchweight 67 kg Hikaru Yoshinodef. Shohei NoseDecision (Split)35:00Featherweight 70 kg Hirotaka Nakadadef. Tatsuhiko IwamotoTKO (Punches)13:33Strawweight 57 kg Keito Yamakitadef. Shuto AkiTKO (Punches)22:21Bantamweight 66 kg Toshiomi Kazamadef. Kohei MaedaTKO (Punches)13:04Strawweight 57 kg Koyuru Tanouedef. Takafumi AtoDecision (Unanimous)35:00
ONE Championship: Fists Of Fury
ONE Championship: Fists Of Fury (also known as ONE Championship 129) was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 26, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
Background The event featured a kickboxing title fight between the reigning ONE Flyweight Kickboxing World Champion Ilias Ennahachi and #2-ranked contender Superlek Kiatmuu9 as the main event of the evening. In the co-main event #1-ranked lightweight kickboxer Giorgio Petrosyan faced the former Glory Lightweight Champion Davit Kiria who made his ONE Championship debut.