ONE Struggle Night time 23: Okay vs. Rasulov delivered 11 thrilling fights throughout 4 martial arts disciplines that includes a few of the greatest fighters on the earth in the present day. When all was mentioned and completed, two contenders made their intentions clear that they’re subsequent in line for ONE Championship gold. The primary occasion noticed the undefeated Alibeg Rasulov lengthen his win streak to fifteen wins as he overwhelmed former ONE Light-weight MMA World Champion Okay Rae Yoon by 5 rounds of intense motion at Lumpinee Stadium. The primary spherical noticed Rasulov take management of the South Korean fighter early with a takedown, as he went on to maintain his opponent grounded within the nook. Okay had a greater defensive exhibiting within the second spherical, stuffing some takedown makes an attempt from the undefeated Turkish fighter.
Rasulov determined to check his putting extra within the third and started to make use of his clinch recreation to deal harm with infighting. Earlier than the top of the third, he acquired one other takedown however there was not a lot time left to do something with it. Coming into the championship rounds, Okay regarded to play Rasulov’s recreation and tried to focus on his rival’s physique. In the direction of the top of the fifth spherical, the Workforce MAD athlete emptied his gasoline tank with a last-ditch effort to mount a comeback.
Sadly, it wasn’t sufficient, as all three judges determined that Rasulov was the higher man this night time. Nonetheless, with the Hyperion Fighters consultant failing to cross the pre-fight hydration take a look at, he was unable to win the ONE Interim Light-weight MMA World Title. He did name out the reigning king, Christian “The Warrior” Lee.
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In the meantime, Nico Carrillo remained nearly as good as marketed in his U.S. primetime debut as He destroyed Saemapetch Fairtex of their co-main occasion pairing. “King of the North” got here out aggressive within the first, however Saemapetch didn’t again down and fought again to outlive the primary spherical. Within the second spherical, Carrillo had extra of the identical and he broke his Thai foe’s spirit with three knockdowns to get the stoppage victory. Following his win, he requested to have the winner of Superlek and Jonathan Haggerty at ONE 168: Denver for his shot on the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title.
Listed here are the total outcomes of the occasion:
Alexey Balyko defeats Stefan Korodi by way of KO (left hook) at 2:42 of spherical one (Muay Thai – catchweight 151.5 lbs) – 2 KDs Balyko (R1)
Oumar Kane defeats Boucher Ketchup by way of KO (left straight) at 2:08 of spherical one (kickboxing – heavyweight) – 2 KDs Oumar Kane (R1)
Ellis Badr Barboza defeats Aliff by way of break up choice (Muay Thai – catchweight 125.75 lbs) – 1 KD Barboza (R2)
Hiroba Minowa defeats Jeremy Miado by way of break up choice (MMA – strawweight)
Black Panther defeats Ali Saldoev by way of KO (proper excessive kick) at 0:23 of spherical two (Muay Thai – catchweight 139.25 lbs) – 3 KDs Black Panther (2-R1, 1-R2)
Tatsumitsu Wada defeats Xie Wei by way of unanimous choice (MMA – flyweight)
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Bampara Kouyate defeats Luke Lessei by way of TKO (referee stoppage – proper uppercut) at 2:08 of spherical three (Muay Thai – featherweight) – 1 KD Lessei (R3), 1 KD Kouyate (R3)
Kirill Grishenko defeats Kang Ji Received by way of unanimous choice (MMA – heavyweight)
Tye Ruotolo defeats Jozef Chen by way of unanimous choice (submission grappling – catchweight 186 lbs)
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Nico Carrillo defeats Saemapetch by way of TKO (3 knockdown rule) at 2:03 of spherical two (Muay Thai – bantamweight) – 3 KDs Carrillo (R2)
Alibeg Rasulov defeats Okay Rae Yoon by way of unanimous choice (MMA – light-weight)