ONE FC: 3 shows in 3 countries in 3 months, pending DREAM deal?

After an impressive first showing back in early September, ONE FC, has been dormant. The upstart Singapore-based promotion broke their silence, announcing an ambitious schedule of three events in three countries over three months for early 2012.

Feb. 11, 2012

Jakarta will host Indonesia’s first large-scale MMA event as ONE FC heads to the 4000-capacity Kelapa Gading Sports Mall.

Mar. 31, 2012

The promotion will return to the home of the debut ONE FC event in September: the 12,000-capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

Apr. 27, 2011

ONE FC will host Malaysia’s first large-scale MMA event, as the promotion heads to the 10,000-capacity Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur.

ONE FC has been publicly quiet since their debut event on Sept. 3 but behind the scenes the young promotion has been forming alliances that will potentially change the face of Asian MMA forever.ONE FC revealed that it had signed exclusive partnerships with the following organizations:

URCC (Philippines)

Cage Fighting Championship (Australia)

ROAD Fighting Championship (Korea)

DARE Championship (Thailand),

Team Lakay Wushu (Philippines)

Tiger Muay Thai and MMA (Thailand)

Tigers Gym (India)

Evolve Mixed Martial Arts (Singapore)

Legacy Gym (Thailand)

Tough MMA (Taiwan)

Synergy Jiu-Jitsu (Indonesia)

Juggernaut FC (Singapore)

Fightworks Asia (Singapore)

PAK MMA (Pakistan)

Team Force (Korea)

MuayFit (Malaysia)

Leverage MMA (Malaysia)

Aside from that laundry list of camps and promotions, CEO Victor Cui, said “Given our current discussions with various parties, we will be announcing another 23 additional MMA organizations and gyms to the ONE FC Network in the coming days and weeks.” BloodyElbow.com has been informed that among those deals in the works, is a partnership with Japanese promotion, DREAM.

The upcoming ONE FC events are expected to air on ESPN Star Sports in Asia and via an online stream.

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