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2019 in ONE Championship

The year 2019 was the 9th year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts, kickboxing and muay thai promotion based in Singapore.

Background
Chatri Sityodtong announced that ONE Championship will do 45 events in 2019: 24 ONE Championship events, 12 ONE Hero Series events, 6 ONE Warrior Series events and 3 ONE Esports events. Sityodtong also announced that they would organise multiple Grand Prix in 2019. He announced a flyweight and a lightweight Grand Prix tournaments in mixed martial arts and a featherweight kickboxing Grand Prix with 8 fighters. ==List of events==
List of events
ONE Championship ONE Hero Series ONE Warrior Series ==Title fights==
Grand Prix Participant
8-Man MMA Lightweight 77 kg GP Participant • Honorio Banario • Lowen Tynanes • Eddie Alvarez • Timofey Nastyukhin • Amir Khan • Ariel Sexton • Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev • Ev Ting 8-Man MMA Flyweight 61 kg GP ParticipantDemetrious JohnsonKairat AkhmetovGustavo BalartYuya WakamatsuDanny Kingad • Tatsumitsu Wada • Reece McLaren • Senzo Ikeda 8-Man Kickboxing Featherweight 70 kg GP ParticipantDzhabar AskerovYodsanklai FairtexSasha MoisaGiorgio PetrosyanJo NattawutEnriko KehlSamy SanaPhetmorakot Petchyindee Academy ==Grand Prix bracket==
Grand Prix bracket
ONE Lightweight Grand Prix bracket • Amir Khan replaced injured Ariel Sexton at the semi-finals. • Eddie Alvarez replaced injured Lowen Tynanes at the semi-finals. • Eduard Folayang replaced injured Timofey Nastyukhin at the semi-finals. • Christian Lee replaced injured Eddie Alvarez in the final. ONE Flyweight Grand Prix bracket • Reece McLaren replaced injured Kairat Akhmetov at the semi-finals ONE Kickboxing Featherweight Grand Prix bracket • Sasha Moisa replaced Andy Souwer at the quarter-finals. ==ONE Championship: Eternal Glory==
ONE Championship: Eternal Glory
ONE Championship: Eternal Glory (also known as ONE Championship 85) was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 19, 2019, at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia. Background This event featured title fight for the ONE Strawweight Championship between the champion Joshua Pacio and the top contender Yosuke Saruta as ONE: Eternal Glory headliner. Hayato Suzuki was to challenge Joshua Pacio for the strawweight title at this event, but had to withdraw due to an injury. He was replaced by Yosuke Saruta. Kharun Atlangeriev was scheduled to face Koji Ando, but Atlangeriev was forced off the card on January 3 with an injury. Rasul Yakhyaev served as Atlangeriev's replacement. Results ==ONE Championship: Hero's Ascent==
ONE Championship: Hero's Ascent
'''''ONE Championship: Hero's Ascent (also known as ONE Championship 86''''') was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 25, 2019, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines. Background This event featured a trilogy fight between the champion Geje Eustaquio and the former champion Adriano Moraes for the ONE Flyweight Championship as ONE: Hero's Ascent headliner. This card also featured the first bout in the ONE Championship Lightweight World Grand Prix Tournament between the American Lowen Tynanes and Honorio Banario. Results ==ONE Hero Series January==
ONE Hero Series January
ONE Hero Series January was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on January 28, 2019, in Beijing, China. Background Results ==ONE Championship: Clash of Legends==
ONE Championship: Clash of Legends
ONE Championship: Clash of Legends (also known as ONE Championship 87) was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 16, 2019, at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. Background This event featured a title fight between Nong-O Gaiyanghadao and Han Zi Hao for the inaugural ONE Muay Thai Bantamweight Championship as ONE: Clash of Legends headliner. Results ==ONE Championship: Call to Greatness==
ONE Championship: Call to Greatness
ONE Championship: Call to Greatness (also known as ONE Championship 88) was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 22, 2019, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Background This event featured a title fight between the ONE Women's Atomweight Kickboxing World Championship Stamp Fairtex and American Muay Thai champion Janet Todd for the inaugural ONE Muay Thai Atomweight Championship as ONE: Call to Greatness headliner. An Atomweight bout between Mei Yamaguchi and Meng Bo was previously scheduled for ONE: Call to Greatness. However, Meng Bo pulled out of the fight due to foot injury and the bout was scrapped. Rahul Raju was scheduled to face Ahmed Mujtaba at ONE: Call to Greatness. However, Mujtaba pulled out of the fight due to visa issues. In turn, promotion officials rescheduled the pairing for ONE Championship: Reign of Valor event on March 9, 2019 in Yangon, Myanmar. Results ==ONE Hero Series February==
ONE Hero Series February
ONE Hero Series February was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 25, 2019, in Beijing, China. Background Results ==ONE Warrior Series 4==
ONE Warrior Series 4
ONE Warrior Series 4 was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on February 28, 2019, in Kallang, Singapore. Background Results ==ONE Championship: Reign of Valor==
ONE Championship: Reign of Valor
ONE Championship: Reign of Valor (also known as ONE Championship 89) was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on March 8, 2019, at the Thuwunna Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar. Background This event features a title fight between the champion Zebaztian Kadestam and Georgiy Kichigin for ONE Welterweight World Championship as ONE: Reign of Valor headliner. Results ==ONE Hero Series March==
ONE Hero Series March
ONE Hero Series March was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on March 25, 2019, in Beijing, China. Background Results ==ONE Championship: A New Era==
ONE Championship: A New Era
ONE Championship: A New Era (also known as ONE Championship 90) was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on March 31, 2019, at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. Background Andrew Leone was scheduled to face Danny Kingad in the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix quarterfinal, but Leone was forced off the card on March 14 with an injury. Pancrase Flyweight champion Senzo Ikeda served as Leone replacement. Ivanildo Delfino was set to fight with Tatsumitsu Wada in the first round of the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix, but Delfino had to withdraw due to an injury. As a result of this, the bout will be rescheduled for a later date. Results ==ONE Championship: Roots Of Honor==
ONE Championship: Roots Of Honor
ONE Championship: Roots Of Honor (also known as ONE Championship 91) was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on April 12, 2019, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines. Background Tang Kai was set to fight with Eric Kelly but he has to withdraw a week before the fight due to health issues. Kwon Won Il replaces Kai, takes short notice fight against Kelly. Results ==ONE Hero Series April==
ONE Hero Series April
ONE Hero Series April was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on April 22, 2019, in Beijing, China. Background Results ==ONE Warrior Series 5==
ONE Warrior Series 5
ONE Warrior Series 5 was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on April 25, 2019, in Kallang, Singapore. Background Results ==ONE Championship: For Honor==
ONE Championship: For Honor
ONE Championship: For Honor (also known as ONE Championship 92) was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on May 3, 2019, at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia. Background This event features a title fight between the champion Sam-A Gaiyanghadao and Jonathan Haggerty for ONE Welterweight Championship as ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Championship headliner. Results ==ONE Championship: Warriors Of Light==
ONE Championship: Warriors Of Light
ONE Championship: Warriors Of Light (also known as ONE Championship 93) was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on May 10, 2019, at the IMPACT Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. Background This event featured two world title fights for the ONE Muay Thai Bantamweight Championship Nong-O Gaiyanghadao vs. Hiroaki Suzuki as headliner and for the inaugural ONE Kickboxing Flyweight Championship Petchdam Gaiyanghadao vs. Elias Mahmoudi as co-headliner. Results ==ONE Championship: Enter the Dragon==
ONE Championship: Enter the Dragon
ONE Championship: Enter the Dragon (also known as ONE Championship 94) was a combat sport event held by ONE Championship on May 17, 2019, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Background The ONE Lightweight GP semi final bout between Ariel Sexton and Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev was expected for ONE Championship: Enter the Dragon. On April 24, however, Sexton pulled out of the bout due to an arm injury. Amir Khan was pulled from a planned preliminary bout with Iurie Lapicus and faced Guseyn Arslanaliev in the GP semi final bout. Lapicus instead faced Shannon Wiratchai. Andy Souwer was scheduled to face Jo Nattawut in the ONE Kickboxing Grand Prix quarter-finals, but Souwer has to withdraw from the bout due to undisclosed reasons. Sasha Moisa was pulled from a planned Grand Prix alternate bout with Daniel Dawson and faced Nattawut in the GP quarter-final bout. Dawson instead faced Brown Pinas in the GP alternate bout. The bout between Giorgio Petrosyan and Phetmorakot Petchyindee Academy was originally a split decision win for Phetmorakot. However the ONE Championship competition committee has declared the bout a no contest. Results ==ONE Hero Series May==
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