ONE championship has been one of the largest combat sports promotion organizations in the World and after their successful campaign at the North America continent they are now looking to organize a fight event at the middle east and ONE CEO and chairman Chatri Sityodtong has recently announced the arrival of the ONE in the middle east probably on March 1, 2024 in Qatar. Dubbed as ONE 166 the event will take place at at the Lusail Sports Arena in Al Masrouhiya. Though the fights are not finalized yet but the CEO has promised that it will be packed with title fights across all martial arts disciplines.
I’m thrilled to announce ONE Championship’s return to the Middle East with one of our biggest events ever. We’re building a spectacular card that is stacked from top to bottom, which will feature World Championship fights across all of our martial arts disciplines. We can’t wait to put on a show for the greatest fans on earth and would like to thank Qatar Tourism, Media City Qatar and Ooredoo for teaming with us to make history.”
Chatri Sityodtong
ONE in 2024 will be returning to Japan, the Philippines, and the United States as well, and its debut in the Middle East is a calculated move, as according to the ONE CEO, the ONE 166 would attract a lot of European audiences as well due to the shorter time gap between Qatar and the European time zone. There are a lot of European fighters currently dominating various martial arts disciplines in the Jonathan Haggerty is one of the many names; he is currently the bantamweight Muay Thai and kickboxing champion, and fighters of his caliber would attract a larger audience for the ONE 166.
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