ONE Championship: Fighter says 'Russian fighters dominate' across combat sports
Kiamran Nabat believes his fellow Russian fighters are some of the best in the world.
ONE Championship: Fighter says 'Russian fighters dominate' across combat sports originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . When it comes to ONE Championship, the promotion has been dominated by fighters from Asia for many, many years.
Recently, though, there has been a bit of a change in that, as Russian fighters are taking over. Kiamran Nabat believes that is because his fellow countrymen are some of the best in the world - and they continue to show just that. Nabat headlines the next ONE Championship The Inner Circle event, which takes place Friday.
He faces Yod-IQ from the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The Inner Circle portion streams exclusively on the ONE website with ONE Friday Fights 155 streaming on YouTube and Facebook. 'Russian fighters are some of the best in the world' "Russian fighters are some of the best in the world, and the results across all major promotions prove it," he said.
"Russian fighters dominate, so nothing changed after coming to ONE Championship. " The last time Nabat competed was in January 2025 vs. Ferrari Fairtex at ONE Friday Fights 95.