ONE: Century will move forward as scheduled despite typhoon bearing down on Japan

ONE ChampionshipONE: Century — the ambitious two-event card from ONE Championship — will move forward as scheduled despite a powerful typhoon expected to make landfall in Tokyo, Japan over the next 24 hours.

Typhoon Hagibis is projected to slam into the main island of Honshu on Saturday with numerous events in the area already cancelled in anticipation of the monster storm headed that way.. Two rugby World Cup matches have been cancelled with Japanese Formula One Grand Prix practice and qualifying sessions pushed back until Sunday.

Despite a weather forecast that includes possible wind gusts up to 157 mph with waves potentially reaching as much as 43 feet high, ONE Championship plans to move…