ONE Championship postponed their two April events as the world continues its battle with COVID-19.
The Home Of Martial Arts planned to hold ONE: HOPE and ONE: STRENGTH behind closed doors in Singapore on 17 and 24 April respectively, but since the country went into lockdown to contain the spread of the virus, those events will have to wait.
ONE CEO and Chairman Chatri Sityodtong announced the news on Monday afternoon.
“Unfortunately, ONE Championship will have to postpone its closed-door, audience-free events for April due to new COVID-19 restrictions,” Sityodtong said.
“To extinguish the recent growth of the coronavirus, the Singapore Government has just wisely ordered a partial lockdown of the country, whereby effective tomorrow (April 7th) onwards, only essential services (such as food, healthcare, and transportation) are allowed to operate,” he continued.
“Additionally, major countries (China, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Russia, India, Vietnam, Japan, etc.) have temporarily closed their borders.”
ONE Championship’s last event – ONE: KING OF THE JUNGLE – was the first show the organization held behind closed-doors.
While the world still struggles to contain the virus, Sityodtong believes we all have to make sacrifices to win the war against the pandemic.
“We are living through the most extraordinary of times. The good news is that these short-term restrictions will undoubtedly slow down the coronavirus and flatten the curve. To be clear though, it needs all of us to work together with vigilance,” he said.
“The most important thing that we can do as individuals is to follow the strict orders of our respective governments and to practice social distancing, good hygiene, and telecommuting,” the amiable executive continued.
“The virus cannot spread if we all stay at home. It really is as simple as that. Let us join hands in this fight and stand united as ONE. We are ONE!”
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