ONE Championship receives large investment

[chunglii]

http://www.flocombat.com/article/43...to-receive-tens-of-millions-in-new-investment

Hot on the heels of the UFC sale, Asia-based MMA promotion ONE Championship is set to receive an investment from a group led by Singapore's state investment firm Temasek Holdings Private Ltd., according to a report published by NASDAQ today.

Heliconia Capital Management Private Ltd., a separate investment division within Temasek that invests in Singapore-based small- and medium-enterprise businesses, is heading the consortium of investors.

Other businesses in the Heloconia portfolio include erdala, an end-to-end packaging solution, and FNA Group International, a leading distributor and retailer of premier chocolate and confectionery products among others.

The news was announced by ONE's founder and chairman Chatri Sityodtong in an interview earlier today, when he revealed the promotion would receive investment in the region of "tens of millions of dollars."

 

[Fluffernutter]

When does Askren fight?

 

[LiveFreeorDie]

When does Askren fight?

He retired.

 

[007]

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-insider/breaking-temasek-holdings-invests-in-one-173644392.html

 

[JayPettryMMA]

Wow, they're going big now. Maybe I'll start watching again.

 

[leto1776]

Interesting. Maybe they'll actually start putting in events worth watching.........





.....nah. Expect more nobodies on the main card. Road>ONE

 

[MMAddict21]

Where does this money go?? I see them getting all these sponsorships and people investing but they still put on so few shows and even then some of those shows can't be watched anywhere live.

 

[leto1776]

Where does this money go?? I see them getting all these sponsorships and people investing but they still put on so few shows and even then some of those shows can't be watched anywhere live.

It goes in Chatri's pockets, apparently.

 

[eseseses681]

Expect more nobodies on the main card. Road>ONE

I find it ironic to say ONE has nobodies on their main cards and then compliment ROAD.

"Look at all these nobodies on ONE's card. Who the hell is Benedict Ang or Saygid Arslan, or Cary Bullos? I'd much rather watch the big names on ROAD like Kim Kyung-Pyo, Choi Mu-Song or Jung Doo-Jae."

Where does this money go?? I see them getting all these sponsorships and people investing but they still put on so few shows and even then some of those shows can't be watched anywhere live.

Well, they started out doing 5 shows a year in 2012, and now they're up to 15, so that gives you an idea.
They've also only had three shows in their entire stretch that haven't been streamed live, and they've been in places that don't have very Internet-friendly government policies.

 

[leto1776]

I find it ironic to say ONE has nobodies on their main cards and then compliment ROAD.

"Look at all these nobodies on ONE's card. Who the hell is Benedict Ang or Saygid Arslan, or Cary Bullos? I'd much rather watch the big names on ROAD like Kim Kyung-Pyo, Choi Mu-Song or Jung Doo-Jae."



Well, they started out doing 5 shows a year in 2012, and now they're up to 15, so that gives you an idea.
They've also only had three shows in their entire stretch that haven't been streamed live, and they've been in places that don't have very Internet-friendly government policies.

Road always has two parts to their shows, Young Guns, made up of amateur fights and new fighters, and the main card. They also don't advertise themselves as a global leader in MMA.

 

[kenpeters8]

ONE FC needs to start drug testing their fighters. I have friends that fought on their cards and they said ONE FC never drug tested any of their fighters.

 

[Magnum1978]

One is always worth watching as they by FAR have the best rules and actual judging in MMA

Its the purest MMA on the scene IMO

 

[JkMMA]

I love one fc, but they always cancel there fkin bitchass event. They already just recently cancel events at Vietnam and Hong Kong. And now they don't even have a fight card for us on the Taiwan fight card. Don't be surprise if those retards end up canceling the upcomming event.

 

[K4BOSH]

Hopefully this will help them break north to S. Korea and Japan. Id really love to see at least one huge stadium show where they showcase all of its champions.

 

[tdluxon]

http://www.flocombat.com/article/43...to-receive-tens-of-millions-in-new-investment

Waste of $$$, they aren't doing shit

 

[MilesAbove]

Guess all the evolve fighters getting a raise. Maybe their Champs will fight more than one every 18 months and their fighters won't be put on the shelf for years.

 

[Meathead Jock]

Hopefully this will allow them to afford to pay Askren and Aoki to fight more often.

 

[Katsumi Yamada]

ONE FC needs to start drug testing their fighters.

Roger and Alain disagree

 

[kenpeters8]

God damn! Roger and Alain looked like they're on something in the above pictures. Haha!

Like I said, I have friends that fought in ONE FC and they said ONE FC never drug tested any of their fighters. One of my friend said he was shocked when his opponent was so beefed up after weigh-in, he thought he was fighting a mutant. His opponent must've injected something in him during rehydration after weigh-in, it was just insane. So yea, they need to start drug testing so the cheaters can't cheat anymore.

 

[Cheapshart]

One is always worth watching as they by FAR have the best rules and actual judging in MMA

Agree they're worth watching and have great rules. They also have some genuinely exciting fighters.