Rogan went a step further on the latest episode of his wildly popular podcast, saying the UFC should hold a Muay Thai event, telling president Dana White, “I’ll explain, you listened.”
However, the Las Vegas-based MMA giant is unlikely to get into the Muay Thai business anytime soon, and if Rogan wants to explode Muay Thai’s popularity, that platform already exists in the form of ONE Championship. Chatri argued. we.
“Joe, you and I know each other. You’re welcome to come any time,” he told the Post during a post-event media scrum after ONE Fight Night 14 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
“If you already know Joe, the No. 1 league in Muay Thai, an absolute killer and a monster, and you want me to explain it to you, give me a call.”
Angela Lee retires from mixed martial arts, stripped of ONE Championship belt
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According to Chatri, ONE Friday Fights 34 at Lumphini Stadium was headlined by Superlec’s controversial decision victory over Rodtang, making it “the biggest Muay Thai event in history.”
It trended on Twitter at number 2 and number 3 in the US and UK respectively, and on YouTube at number 11 worldwide. ONE even claims that more than 50 million of her people in Thailand watched the event across all platforms, out of a total population of about 72 million people in Thailand.
“When we made that card, I told the team just to play the card for the tie,” he said. “We weren’t interested in other markets. I said I wanted to blow up Thailand. I knew our brand was popular. Soap Opera, News, Martial Arts for 34 consecutive weeks It ranks number 1 in overall programming, 2 to 3 times more than other content.
“So I said, let’s do one card that will blow up this country and get everyone talking. All of a sudden Joe Rogan starts talking about it, Liam Harrison comes on the show, and he pays his own way. There were a lot of crazy things happening all over the world, like flying in. The number in Japan was 20 times higher than usual.
“I thought no one would appreciate Muay Thai as much as I do, but I realized that people appreciate watching the best fighters compete. If you try to end the fight with technique, people will appreciate it.
“People definitely recognize the difference in level between our strikers and UFC strikers, but it’s not even close. It’s crisp and clean.”
ONE Friday Fights 34 stats follow some positive social media metrics from trusted third-party analytics organizations Crowdtangle and Fanpage Karma, especially on the back of the January 2024 weekly Lumpinee Card launch, ONE shows that its popularity is continuously growing.
Data shows that among the “big four” MMA organizations UFC, ONE Championship, PFL, and Bellator, ONE (76 million) has only the UFC (180 million) in followers across all platforms. , and the number of organic videos is even higher. Viewed as a giant in the US over the past 12 months.
ONE Fight Night 14 also ranked second overall on Twitter (now renamed to
“According to Nielsen, only two martial arts facilities rank in the top 10 largest sports facilities in the world,” Chatri told The Post in a text message Sunday. “It’s clear that the martial arts industry is a global duopoly, and there are 800-pound gorillas in the West and 800-pound gorillas in the East.”
