The ceremony to establish the Ho Chi Minh City General Vo Federation (HMMAF) term 1 took place on the afternoon of September 15 at New World Hotel Ho Chi Minh City. Attending the HMMAF establishment ceremony, there were many guests from home and abroad, including Chatri Sityodtong, founder and president of the ONE Championship martial arts tournament.
At the age of 50, Chatri Sityodtong is a billionaire himself. He was born and raised in Thailand, then moved to Singapore to live from 2005 to the present. Chatri Sityodtong is considered as one of the “martial arts billionaires” when he played professional Muay and graduated from Harvard University before becoming an entrepreneur.
Chatri Sityodtong established the ONE Championship martial arts tournament in 2011. Since then, he is the Chairman and CEO (CEO) of the tournament. Under his leadership, One Championship was recognized by Forbes as one of the most thriving sports corporations in Asia.
To develop the martial arts movement in Asia, as well as create a monitoring habit for fans, Chatri Sityodong advocates directing the free One Championship events. It was not until 2022 that One Championship started playing a number of major events on the Amazon Prime paid television system.
The basis for Mr. Chatri Sityodong to develop the MMA movement through ONE Championship in his establishment of Evolve MMA, one of the world's largest martial arts gym systems. Evolve MMA is noted as the gym system with the most champions often practicing.
With the development of Evolve MMA, Chatri Sityodong said he wanted to open the MMA gym in all Asian countries. The boxers participating in One in addition to showing their talents, must also have good morality. Chatri Sityodtong once said that athletes suffered many scandals like Conor McGregor was never signed by One Championship even when they asked for free competition.