• Home
  • Features
  • BJJ News
  • MMA
  • Interviews
  • BJJ Rankings
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Features
  • BJJ News
  • MMA
  • Interviews
  • BJJ Rankings
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
No Result
View All Result
Home MMA

ONE FC Chairman Chatri Sityodtong Earns BJJ Brown Belt

Kathrine Burne by Kathrine Burne
September 20, 2021
in MMA
0
ONE FC Chairman Chatri Sityodtong BJJ Brown Belt
147
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The long-standing chairman of ONE FC, Chatri Sityodtong, has just been promoted to brown belt in BJJ after spending what he claims to be at least 2400 hours on the mats during his journey. The belt was presented to him by the former ONE FC Strawweight world champion Alex Silva in a nice callback to a similar moment in December 2017 when it was Sityodtong who presented Silva with the championship belt after he defeated Yoshitaka Naito by unanimous decision.

Sityodtong’s promotion isn’t entirely without precedent either as most of the main men at major MMA organizations have some kind of combat sports experience, Dana White has been open about only having some minor boxing experience in his youth before working as a boxercise coach. Bellator CEO Scott Coker is a veteran Tae Kwon Do practitioner and has earned an 8th degree black belt in the art, while RIZIN FF and former PRIDE main man Noboyuki Sakakibara has always had his experience lie in promoting rather than actual competing or training.

Sityodtong is pretty unique however as he is the one who has embraced grappling wholeheartedly and has even made an effort to involve high-level competitive grappling within ONE FC. Not only does he routinely sign high-level Jiu-Jitsu competitiors like Marcus ‘Buchecha’ Almeida to make their MMA debut, but he also started to put in the groundwork for a full grappling arm of the organization with his signing of Gordon Ryan and the intent to create a world championship for the art.

Chatri Sityodtong announced the news of his brown belt promotion in a post to his official Instagram account, where he gave thanks to several elite Jiu-Jitsu competitors and coaches who have had an impact on his development in the sport:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CT9yfO2B0nb/

Tags: Chatri SityodtongONE Championship
Previous Post

Mixed Results For Gracie Family At Bellator 266

Next Post

EBI Champion Erin Blanchfield Wins UFC Debut

Kathrine Burne

Kathrine Burne

Kathrine is a BJJ blue belt currently training in Asia while teaching English as a foreign language and plans to continue when she returns stateside.

Related Posts

Jena Bishop PFL Championship Final 2025
MMA

ADCC Veteran Jena Bishop Secures Place In PFL Championship Final 2025

by Kian Rogers
June 22, 2025
Bia Mesquita LFA 211 Bantamweight Champion
MMA

Bia Mesquita Becomes Bantamweight Champion At LFA 211

by Kathrine Burne
June 21, 2025
KSI Demetrious Johnson Grappling
MMA

Watch KSI Grappling With Demetrious Johnson

by Jackson Williams
June 17, 2025
Allycia Rodrigues Jiu-Jitsu Training MMA Debut
MMA

ONE Muay Thai Champ Allycia Rodrigues Details Jiu-Jitsu Training Ahead Of MMA Debut

by Sabrina Phillips
June 14, 2025
Darren Till Nate Diaz Boxing Match
MMA

Nate Diaz Reportedly Pulls Out Of Darren Till Boxing Match

by Kian Rogers
June 13, 2025
Next Post
Erin Blanchfield UFC Debut

EBI Champion Erin Blanchfield Wins UFC Debut

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Revgear Banner
ButterflyX Banner
Free John Danaher BJJ Instructional
Jitsmagazine.com

Your home for the latest BJJ and grappling news.

Categories

  • BJJ News
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • MMA

Browse by Tag

ADCC ADCC 2022 ADCC 2024 ADCC Open ADCC Trials Celebrity BJJ Craig Jones Craig Jones Invitational Danaher Death Squad Dan Manasoiu Dante Leon Diego 'Pato' Oliveira Fabricio Andrey Felipe Pena Fellipe Andrew Ffion Davies Fight 2 Win Gabrieli Pessanha Gordon Ryan Gracie Family Helena Crevar IBJJF Kade Ruotolo Kaynan Duarte Law Enforcement Mayssa Bastos Mica Galvao Mikey Musumeci Nicholas Meregali Nicky Rodriguez Oliver Taza ONE Championship Opinion Pieces Polaris Roberto Jimenez Tainan Dalpra Team Grappling Throwback Tye Ruotolo UFC UFC Fight Pass Invitational Who's Number One Women's BJJ Women's MMA Wrestling

Recent Posts

  • Pit Fighting Championship 1 Full Results And Highlights
  • ADCC Veteran Jena Bishop Secures Place In PFL Championship Final 2025
  • IBJJF Asian Championship 2025 Full Results And Highlights

© 2020 JitsMagazine.com

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Features
  • BJJ News
  • MMA
  • Interviews
  • BJJ Rankings
  • Shop

© 2020 JitsMagazine.com

Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?