Nachin Sat Stings Unbeaten Prospect Carlos Neyheban Alvarez at One Friday Fights 43

Nachin Sat never bought into the hype.

The Mongolian brute dazzled in his first One Championship assignment, as he put away previously unbeaten Lakay MMA prospect Carlos Neyheban Alvarez with punches in the third round of their ONE Friday Fights 43 featherweight showcase on Friday at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Undone by an accumulation of damage and visible fatigue, Alvarez (3-1, 3-1 ONE) checked out 4:27 into Round 3.

Sat (5-2, 1-0 ONE) had a little more grit in an action-packed, back-and-forth battle that saw both men in considerable peril. Alvarez floored his adversary with a booming right hand in the first round, then opened a cut near his left eye with topside elbow strikes before nearly drawing the curtain with a rear-naked choke in the second. Sat withstood those considerable efforts, made his way back to an upright position and cut loose with punches, elbows and knees, many of them from close range. Alvarez ultimately wilted against the ropes, stopped there with a series of unanswered punches.

The 25-year-old Sat has rattled off three consecutive victories, all of them finishes.

Meanwhile, Shooto veteran Ryosuke Honda rode a surgical straight left hand, sneaky head kicks and a late takedown to a unanimous decision over Dave Bangguigui in a three-round strawweight feature. Honda (12-3-1, 1-0 ONE) curried necessary favor with all three ringside judges.

Bangguigui (9-3, 3-2 ONE) was game in defeat—he surged in the second round behind powerful hooks from both hands—but struggled to break out of a reactionary approach. Honda staggered him with a head kick at the end of the first round, then suffocated him with positional control in the third before scrambling to the back and hunting a rear-naked choke in the closing seconds.

Honda, 32, has won four of his past five bouts.

Further down the card, Faine Mesquita outgrappled 19-year-old Baktygul Kurmanbekova to a unanimous decision in a three-round women’s strawweight attraction. All three members of the judiciary sided with Mesquita (2-0, 1-0 ONE), who made a solid first impression with the organization.

Kurmanbekova (4-3, 0-1 ONE) secured multiple takedowns but failed to corral her Australian counterpart on the canvas. Mesquita executed a number of sweeps and employed an effective attack from her back, opening a small cut on the Kyrgyzstani teenager’s nose with an elbow strike from the bottom. Kurmanbekov powered into top position behind a primal shriek late in Round 3, only to wander into a guillotine choke in the waning moments.

The loss snapped Kurmanbekova’s two-fight winning streak.

In other action, Pettonglor Sitluangpeenumfon was awarded split scorecards over Kongsuk Fairtex in the three-round muay thai flyweight headliner; Kongthoranee Sor Sommai melted Parsa Aminipour with an elbow 1:07 into the third round of their muay thai flyweight tilt; Sibsan Nokkhao KorMor11 captured a unanimous decision over Award Kazimba Bakashabaruhanga in a three-round muay thai affair at a 139-pound catchweight; Chokdee Maxjandee stopped Yousif Qadir with punches 48 seconds into the second round of their atomweight muay thai contest; Jomjai Naksugym laid claim to a unanimous verdict against Koklai Chor Hapayak in a three-round 124-pound catchweight muay thai tussle; Petnamkhong Mongkolpet buried BM Fairtex with punches in 95 seconds into the third round of their 122-pound catchweight muay thai pairing; Aslamjon Ortikov buried Chatanan Sor Jor Joyprajin with a head kick 2:33 into the first round of their catchweight muay thai encounter at 129 pounds; Mustafa Al Tekreeti wrecked Chanajon PK Saenchai with a right uppercut 1:43 into the first round of their muay thai lightweight altercation; and Rambong Sor Therapat took a unanimous decision from Jiduo Yibu in a three-round muay thai scrap at a 126-pound catchweight.