Rich Franklin’s ONE Warrior Series debut episode

Rich Franklin’s search for Asia’s next martial arts superstar has kicked off, and ONE Championship has premiered its highly-anticipated original documentary program, Rich Franklin’s ONE Warrior Series. A new episode will be added every Monday.

The series follows ONE Championship vice president Franklin, as he travels across the continent to experience Asian culture, and discover the most promising martial arts talents in the region. To do so, he visits the top gyms in Bangkok, Manila, Seoul, Tokyo, and Beijing.

Throughout the series, fans will get to see aspiring martial artists demonstrate their skills for the former UFC middleweight champ, and compete in bouts to prove themselves in battle. The most deserving prospects will be rewarded with six-figure contracts, and a chance to compete for billions across the globe in ONE Championship.

This is Episode 1:

Asia is the hotbed of the industry’s top martial arts prospects,” said Franklin. “It comes as no surprise, since martial arts has been home to the region for the past 5000 years. Throughout my time in ONE Championship, I have been witness to some of the best martial arts talent I have ever seen. Stars today such as Angela Lee and Eduard Folayang came from the grassroots level of talent in Asia and the next martial arts superstar is just waiting to be discovered.

In the past few years, several Asian martial artists have emerged to become global superstars in ONE Championship. The illustrious list includes Malaysia’s Agilan Thani, Singapore’s Amir Khan, Thailand’s Shannon Wiratchai, China’s Ma Hao Bin, Indonesia’s Stefer Rahardian, and reigning ONE Middleweight World Champion Aung La N Sang of Myanmar.

With over 4.4 billion people living in Asia, there are several young martial artists waiting to be discovered, and Franklin has taken it upon himself to find those talents and give them a platform to succeed on the highest level of competition.

Follow me on this journey to showcase Asia’s greatest cultural treasure, and join me on the hunt to find ONE Championship’s new wave of superstars, Franklin says.