Dutch striker Nieky Holzken will return to action at ONE Friday Fights for the first time in over a year.

Holzken last competed for ONE Championship at ONE 165, defeating Yoshihiro Akiyama by first-round TKO in a special rules fight. The first round of the fight was boxing, the second round Muay Thai, and the third round MMA rules.

Welcoming Holzken back is Sinsamut Klinmee.The pair had previously fought at ONE: X in March of 2022 when Sinsamut knocked out Holzken in the second round. Since knocking out Holzken, Sinsamut has gone 4-4, including a KO win over Liam Nolan and losses to Regian Eersel and Dmitry Menshikov.

Watch the first fight between Nieky Holzken and Sinsamut Klinmee below.

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Thai Fight has announced its fight card for Thai Fight Ubon Ratchathani, which takes place on February 16, 2025, at Sunee Tower in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.

The legendary Saenchai will be heading the event. The Thai superstar has been on a tear over the past 10 years, going 76-0-1. Looking to hand him his first loss in over a decade is Morocco’s Hicham Boulahri. It is difficult to imagine Saenchai losing as he has looked dominant in his Thai Fight run over the last couple of years. If Boulahri wins this fight, it will be the upset heard around the Muay Thai world.

Also on the card will be PTT Apichart Farm, taking on Brazil’s Anderson Santiago and Kheewpetch Kiatpraison, taking on France’s Fabio Loisi.

Fight Card:

Saenchai vs. Hicham Boulahri

Nong-O Chor. Hapayuk vs. Mahdi

Daophrae Mackemiphan vs. Seyedshaho Gheisarian

P.T.T. Apichart Farm vs. Anderson Santiago

Lion V. Pailin vs. Mohamed

Kheewpetch Kiatpraison vs. Fabio Loisi

Worachaklek Kiatchatchai vs. Alireza

Petch-Roi Et Sit Joe Mahaheng vs.Ali Bahrami Samet

Fahsai Aor.Yutthachai vs. Krystyna Mosher

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RWS Muay Thai’s February 8th fight card has been announced. Headlining the event will be a title fight as Interim Rajadamnern Stadium Welterweight Champion Nuenglanlek Jitmuangnon defends the title against Choojaroen Dabransarakarm.

Nuenglanlek won the title against Capitan Petchyindee in October of 2024 by unanimous decision. He is currently on a four-fight win streak, having won all four fights in 2024. Choojaroen comes in, winning his last fight against China’s Zhao Yong this past December by first-round TKO.

The co-main event will feature Singdam Kafaefocus taking on Iran’s Peyman Zolfaghari. Singdam was last in action this past October when he picked up a unanimous decision win over Andrii Mezentsev at ONE Friday Fights. Zolfaghari was last in action this past December when he dropped a decision to Khunsueknoi Boomdeksian Krapaolinkee.

Fight Card:

Nuenglanlek Jitmuangnon (ic) vs. Choojaroen Dabransarakarm (For Interim Rajadamnern Stadium Welterweight Championship)

Singdam Kafaefocus vs. Peyman Zolfaghari

Ruslan Naghiyev vs. Mohammad Houmer

Saeng vs. Tommy Carter

Petchtadhai Muadpong 191 vs. Hakim

Hongyoklek Kor.Prasert Gym vs. Wendy Talbott

Ilia Bashota vs. Marley Zwanenberg

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RISE has announced the fight card for ElDorado2025. The RISE ElDorado 2025 event will take place on March 29th at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

The vacant RISE Super Lightweight Championship will be on the line between Taiju Shiratori and Yutaro Asahi. Taiju is coming off a decision loss to Petchpanomrung Kiatmoo9. Yutaro picked up an impressive flying knee KO over Jan Kaffa in his most recent fight this past December.

 Kento Haraguchi and Lee Sung-Hyun are slated to fight at ElDorado2025. Haraguchi is looking to end a two-fight skid. He was knocked out by Miguel Trindade this past December. South Korea’s Lee Sung-Hyun is looking to also get back on the winning track after dropping a decision to Petchpanomrung Kiatmoo9 in December.

The night will also feature the 2025 RISE 61.5kg World Series Quarterfinals. It should be an action-packed tournament with names such as Kan Nakamura, Hyuma Hitachi, and Yuki Kasahara in the tournament.

Fight Card:

Taiju Shiratori vs. Yutaro Asahi (For RISE Super Lightweight Championship)

Kento Haraguchi vs. Lee Sung-Hyun

Ryujin Nasukawa vs. Kumandoi

Ren “YA-MAN” Sugiyama vs. TBA

Shiro Matsumoto vs. Deokjae Yoon

61.5kg World Series Quarterfinals

Yuan Pengjie vs. Rida Bellahcen

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ONE 172 is shaping up to be quite the card. Schedule for March 23, 2025, at the legendary Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event will be headlined by Takeru Segawa vs. Rodtang Jitmuangnon.

Today, ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong confirmed more fights for the event, including two interim Kickboxing world title bouts. Tawanchai PK Saenchai will face Japanese superstar Masaaki Noiri for the Interim ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Championship. The second title fight added will feature Jonathan Di Bella vs. Sam-A Gaiyanghadao for the Interim ONE Straweight Kickboxing World Championship.

Tawanchai enters the bouts with Noiri as the defending ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Champion. He defended his title on January 24, 2025, at ONE 170 with a TKO win over Superbon. Noiri’s latest victory also came at ONE 170 when he stopped Shakir Al-Tekreeti with low kicks.

Di Bella was last in action at ONE Fight Night 26 in December of 2024. The 28-year-old picked up a unanimous decision win over Rui Botelho. Sam-A last competed in November of 2024 at ONE 169, winning a unanimous decision against  Zhang Peimian.

Also confirmed for ONE 171 was Marat Grigorian vs. Kaito Ono, Hiroki Akimoto vs. John Lineker, and Rak Erawan vs. Nadaka Yoshinari. 

Fight Card:

Kickboxing

Takeru Segawa vs. Rodtang Jitmuangnon

Tawanchai PK Saenchai vs. Masaaki Noiri (For Interim ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Championship)

Jonathan Di Bella vs. Sam-A Gaiyanghadao (For Interim ONE Straweight Kickboxing World Championship)

Hiroki Akimoto vs. John Lineker

Marat Grigorian vs. Kaito Ono

Suriyanlek Por Yenying vs. Ryusei Kumagai

Muay Thai

Superlek Kiatmoo9 (c) vs. Nabil Anane (ic) (For ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship)

Rak Erawan vs. Nadaka Yoshinari

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On February 15, 2025, the Arena José Sulaimán in Monterrey, Mexico, will host the highly anticipated first event of 2025 for Major League Muay Thai. The headliner of the evening will see the Women’s WBC Muay Thai Super Bantamweight World Title up for grabs. Current champion Selina Flores will defend her belt against Brazil’s Barbara Fersan.

The co-main event will feature another thrilling championship showdown as Ana Carolina Accetti takes on Cynthia Flores for the Women’s International WBC Muay Thai Light Flyweight Title. The action-packed card will also include three WBC Muay Thai Nai Khanom Tom title bouts. They will take place in the heavyweight, welterweight, and lightweight divisions. Additionally, the WBC Muay Thai Super Lightweight Mexico Nuevo Leon State Title will be for grabs.

Selina Flores from San Diego, USA, won the Women’s WBC Muay Thai Super Bantamweight Title in October 2024 with a hard-fought split decision victory over Australia’s Bryony Soden. Known as the “Teep Queen,” Flores has become renowned for her exceptional footwork and movement, evading her opponents’ attacks with ease while delivering her signature teeps from virtually any angle. Though her evasiveness is a key part of her style, Flores has also demonstrated an ability to control the pace and stand and trade when necessary, adding an unpredictable dynamic to her game.

Fersan, meanwhile, is riding high after a victory in November 2024, where she bested highly touted Brazilian Tainã Duarte by decision. Fersan’s aggressive, forward-moving approach makes her a dangerous opponent, and her no-nonsense, pressure-heavy style promises to make for an exciting contrast against the elusive champion. Fans can expect a thrilling clash of styles in what is sure to be an entertaining main event.

Full Fight Card:

Selina Flores (c) vs. Barbara Fersan (For Women’s WBC Muay Thai Super Bantamweight World Championship)

Ana Carolina Accetti vs. Cynthia Flores (For Women’s International WBC Muay Thai Light Flyweight Championship)

Elias Ghazali vs. Travis Petralba

Emiliano Hernandez vs. Ethan Geffen

Jair Saldivar vs. Tyler Shaw

Marcelo Pedrosa vs. Iker Batalla (For WBC Muay Thai Nuevo Leon State Super Lightweight Championship)

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Saencahi returns to action at Thai Fight. The Muay Thai legend has been on an impressive run over the past 10 years. He hasn’t lost in 77 fights and is looking to make it 78 at Thai Fight: Ubon Ratchathani.

Saenchai, along with Nong-O Chor. Hapayuk, Daophrae Mackemiphan, Klausek Sor. Rattanapol and several other Thai Fight regulars will be in action on February 16, 2025. No matchups have been made official, but Thai Fight has confirmed the fighters will be in action.

Saenchai, arguably considered the GOAT of Muay Thai, has not tasted defeat in 10 years, but a draw keeps his 77-fight unbeaten streak from being perfect. In 2023, he had a draw with Italy’s Alessio Malatesta at Thai Fight Rome.

Seanchai was last in action in December of 2024 at Thai Fight Phayao, where he picked up a unanimous decision win over Iran’s Abbas Takaloo. The win secured him the 2024 154lb King’s Cup Title.

Fight Card:

Saenchai vs. TBA

Nong-O Chor. Hapayuk vs. TBA

Daophrae Mackemiphan vs. TBA

Klausek Sor. Rattanapol vs. TBA

P.T.T. Apichart Farm vs. TBA

Lion V. Pailin vs. TBA

Kheewpetch Kiatpraison vs. TBA

Worachaklek Kiatchatchai vs. TBA

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Glory has announced a massive tournament they are calling “Last Heavyweight Standing.” The tournament will feature 32 fighters.

The tournament will kick off at Glory 99 on April 5, 2025, at the Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands. Taking place over five events, the 16 winners of the 32-man opening round will then be placed into 4-man tournaments. Four winners will then secure their spot in the final eight.

The remaining four spots in the final eight will be secured by fighters who make it out of a 24-man tournament and then win one of three 4-man tournaments, with the final spot being secured by a wild card participant. The final eight will battle it out in a one-night tournament to determine the winner.

“GLORY is the only place in the world where you could see 32 of the baddest heavyweights on the planet put it all on the line in the ‘Last Heavyweight Standing’ tournament, the biggest of its kind in combat sports history,” said Marshal Zelaznik, GLORY CEO. “Today we are announcing a host of exciting names and we have more to follow in the coming days. The tournament brings excitement for fight fans globally and a career defining opportunity for the fighters. This will be a true test of the fighter heart & spirit.”

Nine fighters have already been announced for the tournament, and more are expected to be confirmed soon. It will be interesting to see if the King of Kickboxing, Rico Verhoeven, and current Glory Heavyweight Champion, decides to enter the tournament.

Confirmed Fighters:

Jamal Ben Saddik (36-9, 29 KO)

Bahram Rajabzadeh (70-4, 61 KO)

Uku Jurjendal (20-9, 16 KO)

Rade Opacic (21-6, 16 KO)

Ahmed Krnjic (13-4, 4 KO)

Sofian Laidouni (37-4-1, 18 KO)

Murat Aygun (32-4, 8 KO)

Tariq Osaro (26-4-1, 13 KO)

Ionut Iancu (30-10, 12 KO)

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Myanmar’s Vero Nika has signed with ONE Championship. The former Lethwei fighter turned Muay Thai fighter is expected to compete in the ONE Women’s Atomweight Muay Thai and Kickboxing divisions.

Nika is one of Myanmar’s best female Lethwei fighters, having only been defeated once in 18 fights. She made her Muay Thai debut in 2022 and has a record of 18-2. Nine of her wins came by way of (T)KO. She has primarily fought under the Thai Fight banner, with her most recent fight being a win over Argentina’s Florencia Greco in August of 2024.

She trains at Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket, Thailand. She relocated to Thailand after the pandemic as fighting opportunities in Myanmar were scarce in conjunction with the coup d’état that started in 2021.

She is nicknamed “The Fighting Idol” because, in 2018, she appeared on Myanmar Idol, their equivalent to American Idol.

Nika will undoubtedly set her sights on the ONE Women’s Atomweight Muay Thai and Kickboxing Championships. Brazil’s Allycia Hellen Rodrigues holds the ONE Women’s Atomweight Muay Thai Title. Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom holds the ONE Women’s Atomweight Kickboxing Title.

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