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One Championships CEO Chatri Sityodtong has a lot of plans for the promotion as we head into 2024.
A major change for the promotion heading into next year is that there is going to be a bigger focus on the MMA aspect of the promotion.
“You’re going to see MMA back in full force,” Sityodtong said to the South China Morning Post. “We have our U.S. stadium shows, we have Qatar, Japan. In the Philippines we have one or two shows. ONE Friday Fights and the muay thai product are very much on a firm footing now. We’ve laid the groundwork and feel very comfortable it’s running on autopilot, and now we’re able to scale up. We’ve firmly established we have the No. 1 striking property on the planet. The focus will be sharply back onto mixed martial arts.”
Sityodtong has already revealed that lightweight champion Christian Lee will defend the gold in 2024, while UFC veteran jarred Brooks will defend the strawweight gold against Joshua Pacio in 2024, which is the second meeting between the two.
The One CEO also says fans can expect to see 60+ events from the promotion in 2024, maybe even more than that.
“The event calendar for next year is going to come out early next week. We will be announcing north of 60 events. When you add everything we are doing in the coming months, maybe 70, maybe more. We have a bunch of others in the works. We are going back to key markets. I’m very excited for the announcement. The next chapter of 2024 is going to be a record high number of events for us across all different martial arts, around the world in different locations. I think that will get fans and athletes super pumped. I’d rather not comment too early right now," says Sityodtong.
