3 Reasons To Watch The Inner Circle on May 15

The Inner Circle keeps raising the bar, and May 15 brings one of its strongest lineups yet. Streaming live in Asia primetime exclusively on live. onefc.

com ahead of ONE Friday Fights 154 , this edition brings together some of the promotion’s biggest names inside the fabled Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. A ONE Heavyweight MMA World Title is on the line, a grappling sensation makes his return to MMA, and two cerebral finishers from the bantamweight Muay Thai division step into the ring with redemption on their minds. Here are three reasons why The Inner Circle demands your full attention.

#1 The ONE Heavyweight World Title Rematch We’ve Been Waiting To See View this post on Instagram Some rematches lose their luster with time, but this one arrives with more heat than ever. Reigning ONE Heavyweight MMA World Champion “Reug Reug” Oumar Kane makes his first title defense against the man he dethroned, Anatoly “Sladkiy” Malykhin . A shocking upset, a delayed rematch due to injury, and months of bitter exchanges online have only deepened a rivalry that needed no extra fuel.

At ONE 169 in November 2024, Kane walked into the ring against a Russian who had never lost and who had also finished every professional opponent he ever faced. View this post on Instagram Five grueling rounds later, his Lutte wrestling, suffocating clinch work, and heavy hands had done the unthinkable. “Reug Reug” put Senegal on the combat sports map and ended an undefeated run that once seemed permanent.