Photo from Brandon Vera's Instagram account Filipino-American fighter Brandon Vera has joined fellow ONE Championship stars Aung La N Sang and Martin Nguyen in a training camp at Sanford MMA in Florida. In a social media post Saturday, Feb. 27, Vera posted a photo of him striking a pose alongside...
Filipino-American fighter Jackie Buntan scored a convincing unanimous decision win in her debut against Wondergirl Fairtex of Thailand in their strawweight bout in ONE: Fists of Fury at the Singapore Indoor Stadium Friday night. The opening round proved to be instrumental for Buntan after she...
Team Lakay's Stephen Loman is reportedly making his ONE Championship debut with a bantamweight clash against UFC veteran John Lineker of Brazil in April. Per MMA Fighting sources , the Loman-Lineker showdown is part of ONE on TNT 4 and will take place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The...
Unfazed by grim prospects for the airline industry this year, Pacific Global One Aviation (PG1), the aviation arm of PLDT, Inc., undertakes a major rebrand for its chartered services to get a piece of the $7 billion market by 2024. The company has set its sights on the medium term and expects the...
Photo from ONE Championship It's all systems go for the inaugural ONE Women's Atomweight World Grand Prix. ONE Championship announced Wednesday night, Feb. 24, the complete cast in the women's atomweight division who will vie for a title shot soon against current champion Angela Lee. Filipino pride...
Photos from Top Rank and ONE Championship Filipino-American muay thai fighter Jackie Buntan takes pride in her Filipino roots when she enters the Circle this Friday, having been raised in Los Angeles, California watching boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. “I know it’s like the most common thing, but...
Photo from Truth x Lakay Gaming Filipino mixed martial arts icons partnered with a non-profit organization that focuses on youth development and education for the poor. Truth x Lakay Gaming, ran by ONE Championship stars Joshua Pacio, Eduard Folayang, Kevin Belingon of Team Lakay and Brandon Vera,...
Photo from ONE Championship Two fighters of Filipino descent are set for their mixed martial arts comeback in March. Filipino-Kiwi Mark Abelardo and Fil-Indonesian Aziz Calim were included in the fight card of ONE: Fists of Fury II at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on March 5. Abelardo will lock...
(Photo from Jenelyn Olsim's Facebook account) Team Lakay’s women’s strawweight bet Jenelyn Olsim is set to return to mixed martial arts action next month after more than a year of hiatus. Jenelyn, the sister of Jerry Olsim, both members of national muay thai team, will be facing a tall order...
Photo from ONE Championship Filipino fighter Denice Zamboanga has nothing but praises for ONE Championship's up-and-coming atomweight fighter Victoria Lee. The 16-year-old Victoria, the younger sister of atomweight champion Angela Lee, faces an acid test against Thailand's Sunisa Srisen in ONE:...
Photo from ONE Championship Former URCC featherweight champion Louie Sangalang wasn't expecting to make it in the final 16 candidates in ONE Championship's edition of "The Apprentice." Despite his background as an athlete, Sangalang, who now runs his own procurement consulting firm, stressed the...
BRAINS AND BRAWN - Filipino-American muay thai specialist Jackie Buntan wants to display a patient approach with her counter-fighting style against Thai rising star Wondergirl Fairtex next Friday, Feb. 26, in ONE: Fists of Fury at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. (Photo from Jackie Buntan's...
