Regian Eersel hitting Dmitry Menshikov (right)(image via ONE Championship)

By FCF Staff

ONE Championship’s 2024 schedule will be its busiest yet, according to the promotion’s CEO and chairman, Chatri Sityodtong.

Recently, Chatri reported that the Asia-based promotion is planning to promote over 60 events next, and possibly more than 70. Chatri made the announcement while speaking with the South China Morning Post.

“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…”

In addition, the CEO relayed that ONE will be focusing more on mixed-martial-arts fights in 2024.

“You’re going to see MMA back in full force,” Chatri said. “We have our US 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.”

ONE is expected to make its Qatar debut on March 1st, and Chatri also reported that ONE plans to hold two events in Japan next year. One of those could feature the promotional debut of kickboxing star, Takeru Segawa.