One Championship News & FeaturesTawanchai Upsets Petchmorakot, Captures Featherweight Muay Thai Title at One 161
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The upsets were frequent and frenetic at the latest One Championship event, culminating with a challenger unexpectedly capturing a throne.
The One 161 headliner featured a featherweight muay thai championship affair between defending titleholder Petchmorakot Petchyindee and Tawanchai PK.Saenchai. The challenger quickly imposed his pace, attacking with his well-known nasty kicks. In turn, Petchmorakot put his fast hands to work. The pair went to battle in Round 3 with a flurry of punches and elbows. Petchmorakot relied on his experience in the championship rounds, but the challenger appeared fresher than his foe down the line. While Petchmorakot adopted a hit-and-run strategy, Tawanchai hunted down his opponent across the cage and landed several hard shots. Ultimately, all three cageside judges sided with Tawanchai, who wrested the strap from the champ.
Roman Kryklia 🇺🇦 punches his ticket to the ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix final 🤯#ONE161 | #ONEChampionship
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In the co-main event, current light heavyweight kickboxing beltholder Roman Kryklia moved up a division to take on Ultimate Fighting Championship alum Guto Inocente in the semifinals of the heavyweight kickboxing grand prix. It took only 52 seconds for the Ukrainian to crush his foe and secure a place in the tournament’s final, while securing his 12th consecutive victory. Kryklia first stunned Inocente with a series of powerful punches, forcing a count from the referee for the Brazilian. Inocente came back in time, but he was visibly affected by his foe’s shots. Sensing the end was near, Kryklia unloaded with a head kick that forced the referee to stop the contest for Inocente’s safety. Kryklia will face Iraj Azizpour in an exciting rematch that will go down at the upcoming final. His prospective opponent Azizpour outpointed Bruno Chaves on all scorecards earlier on the card.
Tiffany Teo 🇸🇬 makes a STATEMENT with a first-round submission of Ritu Phogat!#ONE161 | #ONEChampionship
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Earlier in the billing, former Gorilla Fighting Championship interim 170-pound champion Saygid Izagakhmaev (21-2, 2-0 One) outgrappled Lipeng Zhang (33-12-2, 2-1 One) en route to unanimous decision; former One strawweight title contender Tiffany Teo (11-2, 8-2 One) forced Ritu Phogat (7-3, 7-3 One) to tap to a rear-naked choke at 4:52 of the opening stanza; heavyweight "Reug Reug" Oumar Kane (4-1, 3-1 One) bounced back on track by pounding Batradz Gazzaev (3-1, 0-1 One) out with a barrage of punches at 2:15 of the second period.
15 SECONDS ⚡ Rodrigo Marello 🇧🇷 scores the fastest win in ONE submission grappling history!#ONE161 | #ONEChampionship
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In some other action, former One bantamweight kickboxing champion Alaverdi Ramazanov settled the score with “Capitan” Asanan Praanekpanansri thanks to a split-decision win in their bantamweight muay thai contest, avenging a defeat he suffered in 2021; Sangmanee edged Zhang Chenglong thanks to a narrow split decision in a bantamweight muay thai bout; in featherweight muay thai action, Ferrari Fairtex outclassed Han Zi Hao en route to a unanimous decision; Rodrigo Marello submitted Ruslan Bagdasarian thanks to a slick ankle lock just 15 seconds into their bantamweight submission grappling bout, earning a performance bonus; 205-pounder Ali Furadi (3-0, 1-0 One) dispatched Matheus Felipe da Silva Xavier (1-1, 0-1 One) with a brutal overhand right at 4:20 of Round 1.
