SINGAPORE – The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship (ONE), has announced that it has appointed Joseph Schooling as exclusive Ambassador of ONE Championship, supporting his favorite ONE Championship athletes on social media or in person when his schedule permits. Lucky fans may also get the chance to see Joseph in person.

 

Joseph Schooling is a 22-year-old world champion swimmer, born and raised in Singapore and is a third-generation Singaporean. In 2016, Schooling became an Olympic gold medalist, defeating the legendary American swimmer Michael Phelps and setting a world record for the 100m butterfly event at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is currently a final year student at the University of Texas at Austin and is a prominent member of the Texas Longhorns swimming team.

 

The announcement of Schooling’s appointment as Ambassador of ONE Championship comes ahead of the blockbuster event ONE: UNSTOPPABLE DREAMS, which takes place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 18 May. The card features an unprecedented three world title contests. In the main event, reigning ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion “Unstoppable” Angela Lee of Singapore defends her title against Japanese veteran Mei “V.V” Yamaguchi.

 

In the ONE Super Series co-main event, Muay Thai legend Sam-A Gaiyanghadao of Evolve MMA in Singapore is set to face Sergio “The Samurai” Wielzen of the Netherlands for the inaugural ONE Super Series Flyweight Muay Thai World Championship. And in the second co-main event, reigning ONE Featherweight & Lightweight World Champion Martin “The Situ-Asian” Nguyen of Australia is set to defend his featherweight title against top contender Christian “The Warrior” Lee of Singapore.