2022 in ONE Championship
The year 2022 was the 12th year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts, kickboxing, Muay Thai and submission grappling promotion based in Singapore and later, the Cayman Islands.
List of events
ONE Championship
ONE on Prime Video
Road to ONE
Grand Prix
2021/22 Kickboxing Featherweight Grand Prix
[|ONE Kickboxing Featherweight Grand Prix] bracket
1Marat Grigorian contracted COVID-19 and could not participate in the semi-finals of the Grand Prix. He was subsequently replaced by Jo Nattawut.Muay Thai Flyweight Grand Prix
ONE Muay Thai Flyweight Grand Prix bracket
1Jonathan Haggerty was forced to pull out of his bout with Goncalve due to health issue and could not participate in the quarter-finals of the Grand Prix. He was subsequently replaced by Josue Cruz.2Rodtang Jitmuangnon was forced to pull out due to not providing a hydration test sample and was not able to weigh in. He was subsequently replaced by Panpayak Jitmuangnon.
Kickboxing Heavyweight Grand Prix
ONE Kickboxing Heavyweight Grand Prix bracket
Title fights
ONE Championship: Heavy Hitters
ONE Championship: Heavy Hitters was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 14, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.Background
The event was headlined by a Women's Strawweight championship bout between reigning Champion Xiong Jingnan and challenger Ayaka Miura.The co main event was set to feature a kickboxing title fight, the reigning ONE Kickboxing Light Heavyweight Champion Roman Kryklia was set to defend his title against Murat Aygün. The two were originally scheduled to fight at ONE Championship: Big Bang last year. However, in turn, Aygün has to withdraw on January 12 due to COVID-19, the bout was cancelled for the second time.
Filipino fighter Jeremy Miado and Robin Catalan will not be taking part in the upcoming event due to COVID-19.
The pinoys opponents will thus face each other instead. Catalan, will return to action after a year against Elipitua Siregar on the card.
Bonus awards:
The following fighters were awarded bonuses:
- $50,000 Performance of the Night: Ekaterina Vandaryeva, Senzo Ikeda, Saygid Izagakhmaev
Results
Road to ONE: Mongolia
Road to ONE: Mongolia was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on November 26, 2022, at the Steppe Arena in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.Background
Fight Card
ONE Championship: Only the Brave
ONE Championship: Only the Brave was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 28, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.Background
The main event was set to feature an interim Heavyweight title fight between the Russian Anatoly Malykhin and the Belarusian Kiril Grishenko. However, the bout was canceled and moved to ONE Championship: Bad Blood.The event also featured the semi-finals for the ONE Kickboxing Featherweight Grand Prix.
Francesko Xhaja made his promotional debut against the veterant Rade Opacic.
A Lightweight bout between Zhang Lipeng and Ruslan Emilbek Uulu was scheduled for the event.
Bonus awards:
The following fighters were awarded bonuses:
- $50,000 Performance of the Night: Chingiz Allazov, Rade Opacic, Zhang Lipeng.
Results
ONE Championship: Bad Blood
ONE Championship: Bad Blood was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 11, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.Background
was scheduled to make his second ONE bantamweight title defense against John Lineker in the main event. However, Lineker tested positive for COVID days before the event and the bout was pulled. The interim Heavyweight title fight between the Russian Anatoly Malykhin and the Belarusian Kiril Grishenko was promoted to the main event.Former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai Champion Jonathan Haggerty will make his return to action when he faces #4-ranking Flyweight Muay Thai Mongkolpetch Petchyindee Academy.
A strawweight bout between Yosuke Saruta and Gustavo Balart was planned for the event. However, Saruta tested positive for COVID days before the event and the bout will be rescheduled to ONE 156.
A welterweight fight between Ken Hasegawa and Murad Ramazanov was scheduled for ONE: Bad Blood Hasegawa was injured and out of his clash with Murad Ramazanov, the bout is set to be rebooked.
The Filipina fighter Jenelyn Olsim was set to faces Jihin Radzuan of Malaysia in a women's atomweight bout. However, a two days before the event, Olsim withdrew from the bout, reportedly because she has suffered an injury during her training. She was replaced by Mei Yamaguchi.
Bonus awards:
The following fighters were awarded bonuses:
- $50,000 Performance of the Night: Jonathan Haggerty, Woo Sung Hoon
Results
ONE Championship: Full Circle
ONE Championship: Full Circle was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 25, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.Background
A ONE Middleweight World Championship bout between reigning champion Reinier de Ridder and title challenger Kiamrian Abbasov was scheduled as the main event. Two additional title fights were later added as well: a ONE Kickboxing Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the champion Roman Kryklia and challenger Murat Aygun, as well as a ONE Muay Thai Featherweight Championship between champion Petchmorakot Petchyindee and challenger Jamal Yusupov.Jamal Yusupov and David Branch, but the two veterans have been forced to withdraw from their respective matchups.
Bonus awards:
The following fighters were awarded bonuses:
- $50,000 Performance of the Night: Reinier de Ridder, Roman Kryklia
Results
ONE Championship: Lights Out
ONE Championship: Lights Out was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on March 11, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.Background
A ONE Featherweight Championship title bout between champion Thanh Le and title challenger Garry Tonon was scheduled as the main event.ONE Bantamweight World Champion Bibiano Fernandes defends his belt against top-ranked contender John Lineker, and newly crowned ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion Prajanchai PK.Saenchai makes his first title defense against #3-ranked Joseph Lasiri.
Bonus awards:
The following fighters were awarded bonuses:
- $50,000 Performance of the Night: Thanh Le, John Lineker, Zhang Peimian, Iman Barlow, Liam Nolan
Results
Road to ONE: Utrecht
Road to ONE: Utrecht was a Kickboxing event held by ONE Championship, the last of 8 4-men tournaments making up the last 32 and last 16 of the Road to One kickboxing tournament in collaboration with 1MMA, sanctioned by Vechtsport Organisatie Nederland and supported by Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts, on March 12, 2022, at the WFL Studio in Utrecht, Netherlands.Background
The event will feature a 4-man heavyweight qualification tournament to earn a sport in the Road to one Europe tournament.Results
ONE Championship: X
ONE Championship: X was a Combat sport event held by ONE Championship on March 26, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.Background
On 27 October 2021, CEO Chatri Sityodtong broke the news that ONE: X would be postponed to early 2022, owing to a recent surge in the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. The event was later rescheduled for March 26, 2022.It was announced that ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix Champion Demetrious Johnson had signed on to compete at ONE X against ONE Muay Thai Flyweight Champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon in a special rules fight. The contest was set for four, three-minute rounds alternating between Muay Thai and MMA rules. The fight started under Muay Thai rules and switched to MMA for the following rounds.
Stamp Fairtex challenged ONE Atomweight Champion Angela Lee in the headlining bout for the 10th anniversary card with return to full attendance in Singapore.
Adriano Moraes defended the ONE Flyweight Championship against #2-ranked Yuya Wakamatsu.
ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion Nong-O Gaiyanghadao was scheduled to defend his title against former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion Alaverdi Ramazanov. Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ramazanov was replaced with the Brazilian Felipe Lobo.
John Wayne Parr faced former ONE Lightweight World Champion Eduard Folayang in retirement Wushu vs. Muay Thai legends fight.
Shinya Aoki and Yoshihiro Akiyama faced one another at ONE X in a clash of Japanese MMA legends.
Capitan Petchyindee defended the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing Championship against #2-ranked bantamweight kickboxer Hiroki Akimoto.
Four years since they first fought, Superbon Banchamek defended his ONE Featherweight Kickboxing Championship title against #1-ranked Marat Grigorian.
Eight years since they first fought, the #3-ranked Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong rematched the #4-ranked Chingiz Allazov for the [|Featherweight Kickboxing Grand Prix Final].
Top Filipino strawweights Lito Adiwang and Jeremy Miado faced each other at this event. A rematch between Seo Hee Ham and Denice Zamboanga was also booked for the event. A featherweight fight between Amir Khan and Ryogo Takahashi was added to the ONE: X card.
Reinier de Ridder and Andre Galvao met in a submission grappling match. The American Danielle Kelly made her debut at ONE X in an atomweight submission grappling match against Japanese veteran Mei Yamaguchi.
Nieky Holzken was scheduled to face Islam Murtazaev in a fight between two top lightweight Kickboxing contenders. Shoko Sato was to meet Yusup Saadulaev in a battle of formerly ranked bantamweight contenders. The card also featured Ryuto Sawada and Senzo Ikeda, who meet in a strawweight contest. However, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, all Russian athletes were removed from the card as a result of the Singaporean government banning them from entering the country. As a result, Murtazaev was replaced by Sinsamut Klinmee and Yusup Saadulaev was replaced by Stephen Loman.
Alyse Anderson was scheduled to fight with Indian striker Asha Roka. However, the bout did not materialize.
An atomweight fight between Itsuki Hirata and Jihin Radzuan was added to the card.
Bonus awards:
The following fighters were awarded bonuses: