Since 2022, ONE Championship has been broadcast live in North American primetime, and the exciting matches have attracted countless attention, including Joe Rogan, the most famous commentator in the martial arts world. In a recent Logan podcast, he spoke with current ONE flyweight world champion Demetrious Johnson about ONE Championship.
Logan said he would love to see ONE Championship strike with Prime Video, Amazon's streaming platform, so that North American audiences can see the action in the most prime time. Rogan was also impressed by the quality of ONE Championship fighters, especially Fabricio Andrade, who had just competed in the bantamweight world title.
On ONE Fight Night 3 on October 22, Andrade challenged Bantamweight World Champion John Lineker. Before the match, Lineker was stripped of his title because he was overweight, and the match ended in no result because of Andrede's knee collision that left Lineker injured and unable to continue. But despite the twists and turns of the game, Andrede's performance shocked many spectators, and Logan was one of them.
You know, Lineker has a 12-4-7 finish record in the UFC before, and has never been knocked out in his career, which can be called the world's top hitter. But in front of Andrade, Lineker was repeatedly injured, not only his eyes were swollen to the point of not being able to open, but he was also hit hard with a knee, and just as Andrade was about to finish the game, he hit Lineker's crotch.
And mixed martial arts isn't all ONE Championship has to offer to a global audience, with kickboxing, Muay Thai and submission grappling in the cage. Rogan also praised it, saying: "It's also one of the best things ONE does, you can see all kinds of competitions and you can see the elite of all kinds of combat sports." ”
In 2021, Superbon Singha Mawynn knocked out legendary kickboxer Giorgio Petrosyan with a high knockout, and Rogan was also impressed by this bout, saying: "George is widely recognized as one of the best kickboxers of all time and it was crazy to see him eliminated like this. ”
Rogan has worked for the UFC since 1997, but after watching multiple ONE Championship fights, he admits that in addition to North American events, there are many top fighters in the world like Andrade and Adriano Moraes, who knocked out the "mighty mouse." "I love the UFC, but the UFC only has 500 fighters, and there are thousands of elite people around the world," he said. ”
Andrade hopes to be able to have a rematch with Lineker immediately, and after hearing the praise from Logan and the "Mighty Mouse", he also said on his personal social media: "I am really lucky to be mentioned by two legends, thank you very much, I will continue to train and keep improving." ”