Occupation CEO / Owner of ONE Name Victor Cui | ||
 | ||
Profiles | ||
In conversation with Victor Cui, CEO of One Championship
Victor Cui is the CEO / Owner of ONE Championship (ONE), a mixed martial arts organization based in Singapore which is widely regarded as being the biggest in Asia and has some of the best MMA fighters in the world on the roster including Shinya Aoki, Bibiano Fernandes, Masakatsu Ueda, Melvin Manhoef and Tatsuya Kawajiri.
Contents
- In conversation with Victor Cui CEO of One Championship
- One championship ceo victor cui confirms its next mma live event in dubai
- Personal life
- References
Before setting up ONE in 2011 Cui had nearly 15 years of experience in the sports media industry and was also the man behind Martial Combat, a promotion which ran two shows per month at Resorts World Sentosa from May to October in 2010.
Cui has previously worked as a senior executive at ESPN Star Sports and the PGA Tour and has also been involved in X Games, Olympics Games, Commonwealth Games, and many other sporting events.
The first ONE show, ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion, took place at the 12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium on 3 September 2011 and featured Phil Baroni, Yoshiyuki Yoshida, Gregor Gracie, and Eduard Folayang. According to Cui everyone, including his wife, told him to use a smaller venue but he was determined to prove them wrong. Since then the Singapore based promotion has held sold out events in Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Manila, and Singapore, secured a ten-year TV deal with ESPN Star Sports and signed well known fighters including Rolles Gracie, Masakatsu Ueda, Renato Sobral, Andrei Arlovski, Roger Huerta and Tim Sylvia.
Cui has repeatedly been described as 'The most powerful man in Asian MMA' due to ONE's rapid success and his relationship with other key players in the industry. He was one of only five candidates to be nominated for 'Leading Man of the Year' the 2012 World MMA Awards and the only representative of an Asian promotion on this shortlist.
Cui's family is originally from Cebu and he was a major awardee at the 31st SAC-SMC Cebu Sports Awards on March 17, 2013 for his work in turning ONE into the biggest MMA organization in Asia and showcasing Filipino fighters.