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Kongchai Regains Form Against Abdulmuslimov, Imangazaliev Scores KO To Stay Perfect At ONE Friday Fights 79

ꦉ Catch up on all the action from another sensational night at Lump🐭inee Stadium.

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ONE Championship ꦜtreated fans inside Bangkok, Thailand’s Lumpinee Stadium to another whirlwind night of combat sports action on Friday, 🅠September 13.

featured 12 high-octane bouts across ♊Muay Thai and MMA, and each produced either a thrilling finish or a nailbiting three-round battle.

In case you missed anything from the Mecca of M🍃uay Thai this week✨, here’s what went down live in Asia primetime.

Kongchai Overcomes Abdulmuslimov To Return To Winning Ways

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had his back against the wall heading into his 126-pound catchweight Muay Thai tie with , but he retur🐻ned to the winners’ column with a thrilling display.

Kongchai was weary of his Russian foe’s long limbs in the openiꦺng frame, and he knew he had to get inside the pocket ꦦto make an impact.

The Rajadamnern Stadium Muay Thai World Champion did just that by targetting Abdulmuslimov’s🔯 lead leg before setting up powerful punch combinations.

Kongchai continued his low attacks in the second round, which forced “The Tiger” to react with wild punches. The pair went back and forth as a result, and Abdulmuslimov dropped hi🐓s fiery Thai foe just before the bell.

With the tension at a peak going into the final stanza, the duo went back to it. Kongchai remained reserved and chose to punish Abdulmuslimov’s legs throughout, and that pushed him to a unanimous d𒈔ecision win in the end, moving his overall slate to 73-13. 

Singdomthong Outsmarts Petlampun In Back-And-Forth Brawl

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snapped ‘s unbeaten꧙ run in ONE Championshi🅘p after a thrilling three-round chess match.

The opening frame of their 128-pound catchweight Muay Thai contest began at a methodical pace, with neither fighter giving an inch. Petlampun played the role of the aggressor but had trouble landing due to his compatriot’s nifty fo𒐪otwork.

Round two saw more of the same scintillating action. Singdomthong found a home for his lightnin🍷g-fast body kicks and step-in knees to the body, but Pe✨tlampun charged forward with blistering intent.

The final round came to who wanted it more, and it was the Nokjeanladkrabang man who answered the call. His brilliant distance control and effective counterstriking earned him the win, but it came via a na🗹rrow split-decision call fromꦕ the judges.

The victory was Singdomthong’s four๊th win in ON🐓E Championship, and it upped his career slate to 82-21-2.

Watcharaphon Blasts Through Vasilikhin In One Round

dispatched with his powerful p🌳unching in round one of their 123-pound catchweight Muay Thai battle.

𓆉The bout got off to a ꧋tentative start. But once the Thai star opened up the taps, it didn’t take long for him to make inroads.

Watcharaphon found a home for his right hand, and he wobbled Vasilikhin before swarming with a flurry of shots th🌌at put the Russian on the canvas.

The Team Mehdi Zatout man tried to fire back when he regained his 𒐪footing, but Watcharaphon decked him with another overhand right to seal the deal at the 2:27 mark of round one.

The KO win moved the 31-year-old’s ONE Championsh👍ip slate to 2-0, with back-to-back finishes, and 169-40 over🍌all.

Maemmot Crushes Copter With Quick KO In ONE Debut

didn’t need much time to impress the Lumpinee🎃 Stadium crowd in his ONE Championship debut, as he rocked ’s world in 🐷less than a minute. 

The 17-year-old quickly found his range with a stiff jab and low kick💮 at the start of the 126-pound catchweight Muay Thai clash.

From there, hꦆe timed his charge perfectly to step in and land a sneaky switch left hook that sent Copter tumbling across the ring and🅠 unable to answer the count at the 0:31 mark of round one.

The bout was waved off🍸, and Maemmot improved his record to 51-20 overall with the KO wܫin.

Isannuea’s Violent Barrage Ends Changthong

The 130-pound catchweight Muay Thai fiꦉrefight between O♛NE Championship debutants and was a wild affair.

Changthong wisely🍨 used his length to drill his fellow Thai with punishing leg kicks from the outset. But Isannuea bravely entered the pocket and continuously cracked the 19-year-old with hard hooks to finish the first round strong.

Capitalizing on that momentum, he marc🌳hed forward❀ in round two and ripped Changthong’s head and body with ruthless strikes.

The M U Den and FA Group man was bloodied, but he survived a standing count from the referee. However, Is🍃annuea wasn’t going to be denied from there.

After sending Changthong to the mat, the 20-year-old struck with a nasty right elbow-left body shot combination that finished ꦿhis foe for good at 2:03 of the third frame and earned him his 47th career victory.

Nongfahsai Takes Second-Round TKO With Accurate Elbow

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tr💟od the🐼 line between aggression and IQ perfectly to engineer a second-round stoppage over .  

The 27-year-oldꦑ marched forward to land heavy punches in round o🅘ne of their atomweight Muay Thai clash. 

To stop this assault, Kanchanasiri swarmed and initiated the clinch in round two. But Nongfahsai reaꦯd the game plan well. 

As her opponent tried to step in again, the PK Saenchai rep🅺resentative scored with a scything left elbow that opened up a cut under her right eye. 

The ringsidꦐe doctor deemed it too serious for the fight to continue, awarding Nongfahsai a debut TKO victory at the 1:27 mark of the second frame.

Sen Scores Stunning KO Victory Over Veteran Nonthakit

has built a reputation as a one-punch finisher in ONE Championship, and he conꩲtinued to buiꦦld on that with a huge knockout win against in 143-pound catchweight Muay Thai.

Given the duo’s heavy hands, the opening frame sꦐaw a surprisingly tentative affair. When the strikes started to fly, Sen struck first with a spinning back fist. But he had to eat a solid counter in return.

Nonth✱akit let the reigns 🐽loose in round two with heavy singular strikes that attempted to egg his rival into a war. However, Sen held his nerve and carefully selected his shots.

Something had to give, though, and “Golden Boy’s” patience paid off in the third round. He shot in with a tremendous right hook that connected with Nonthakit’s chin and put him to s💖leep at 1:54 of the frame.

The fight was waved off, and Sen earned the 21st win of his career asꩲ🥂 a result.

Imangazaliev’s Lethal Precision Overwhelms Isroilov

barely broke a sweat in his flywe🤡ight Muay Thai matchup against .

Imangazaliev opened the match with a barrage of leg kicks to gauge the distance, and he followed that up by throwingꩲ stinging front kicks to the body.

This forced Isroilov to briefly drop his guard to a🅘void the Russian’s assault, and he paid the ultimate price🔥 for doing so.

Imangazaliev capitalized on the split-seco♒nd opening and uncorked a right hook-left uppercut combo to flatline “Prince” and end the bout at the 34-second mark of round one.

The win marked the Team Mehdi Zatout man’s second stoppage in ONE Championship and pushed h🎐i🦩s pristine record to 6-0.

Yunusov Gets Decision In Battle Of Rising Teen Stars

’s cleaner work saw him earn a decisio⛄n win over in their fast-𝄹paced flyweight Muay Thai encounter. 

Geraghty was the aggressor with hi💯s hands at the start of the match, but Yun꧑usov absorbed the pressure and scored with hard combinations in reply. 

The 16-year-old “Tomahawk” looked for spinning counters on several occasions, and 𒆙he found the mark in round two when he dropped his opposite man down with a spinning back fist off a caught kick. 

Although Geraghty never stopped coming forward, Yunusov’s accuracy🐼 and power were the difference in the end, and he picked up the unanimous decis𒐪ion to stay unbeaten at 11-0. 

Seto Ends Da Silva’s Unbeaten Run With Huge KO

earned the biggest win o♛f his career when he ended ‘s 23-fight streak via knockout in their 138-pound catchweight Muay Thai meeting. 

The Japanese star kicked off the action with his signature jabs and persistent low kicks. Da Silva managed to get cl𒁏ose to him, but he shot back with clean counters to stay ahead.

Seto’s confidence grew in the 🅷second frame, and he led his Brazilian rival into traps. The Victory Gym man continually forced Da Silva to miss shots, and he cut him with a huge short ♓left elbow before the end of the round.

With the fight firmly in his grasp, Seto brought an end to proceedings via a huge left hook at 1:20 of round three to mo♚ve to 2-0 in ONE Championship and 19-4 overall.

Dzhabrailov Blitzes Freitas With 20-Second Mauling

didn’t waste time in his ONE Championship debut as he registered꧟ an emphatic knockout victory 🅠over in their lightweight MMA clash.

The 19-year-old Turkish dynamo swarmed his Braziliaꦆn foe right out of the gate. He forced Freitas on the back foot with ferocious punch combinations and landed well-timed knees to the head.

Once he got “Dudu” cornered on the ring ropes, Dz🀅habrailov unleashed a brutal right hook that 🐻sent the 25-year-old to the canvas.

The Team Amir representative then went for the jugular an😼d unloaded some🌠 brutal ground-and-pound on his floored foe.

Freitas was unable to intelligently defend himself, so the referee halted the bout at jus🐲t 20 seconds of round one, earning Dzhabrailov his fourth career win.

Oh Stays Unbeaten In ONE With Decision Win Over Maezono

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defeated  by unanimous dec𓃲ision in a🧸 tense show-opener.  

ꦿOh scored well with his straight right to open the first round of the featherweight MMA contest. But after a couple of breaks for low blows, Maezono came on strong, atta𝐆cking the back after an impressive belly-to-belly suplex. 

The second and third rounds saw longer periods of tussling on the ropes, with “Monsܫter” doing ✅more damage from his dominant spots to edge ahead. 

With the nod from the judges, Oh moved on to 7-1 and bagged his s🍨econd consecutive ONE win.  

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