Regian Eersel Demolishes Challenger, Kade Ruotolo Retains at ONE Fight Night 11

Regian Eersel 🇸🇷 in 46 SECONDS: wow! #ONEFightNight11 pic.twitter.com/n4bQn7pXYj

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ONE Fight Night 11 featured an eclectic, electric mix of mixed martial arts, muay thai, Western kickboxing and even submission grappling.

In the main event, arguably the best muay thai kickboxer in the world today, Regian Eersel, faced superb contender Dmitry Menshikov. Eersel was the reigning ONE champion and had been perfect in the promotion, with his last loss, since avenged, occurring all the way back in 2016. Menshikov was no slouch either, having last lost since 2017 and at 25 years old, getting better and better with each outing. However, the tantalizing contest lasted just 46 seconds. Eersel scored a body kick to draw the challenger's attention away then landed a left hook to the temple so pretty one could frame it over the fireplace. Menshikov crashed to the canvas and was on wobbly feet, prompting a stoppage from referee Olivier Coste.

In the co-main event, 20 year-old phenom Kade Ruotolo defended his ONE lightweight submission grappling throne against Norway's Tommy Langaker. The match ended up being very close, with Langaker locking in a few tight heel hooks that Ruotolo just barely escaped from. However, Ruotolo still won a unanimous decision, retaining his title.

There were fireworks in the top-billed MMA fight on the card as Russia's Ilya Freymanov battled Mongolia's Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg. Zoltsetseg nearly knocked out Freymanov in the opening seconds, flooring and hurting his foe badly. However, Freymanov managed to survive and just two minutes later, he scored a knockdown of his own. Not letting the opportunity get away, he delivered vicious ground-and-pound and sunk in a deep rear-naked choke, ending the dynamic contest at the 2:18 mark.

If this was an MMA highlight we'd lose our damn mind. Respect Superbon 🇹🇭 for this one! #ONEFightNight11 pic.twitter.com/XJjhR5DOex

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After losing his ONE lightweight kickboxing title to Chingiz Allazov earlier this year, Thai living legend “Superbon” Singha Mawynn faced fellow contender Tayfun “The Turkish Turbine” Ozcan. It was a competitive affair until early in the second stanza, when Superbon unleashed a golden left head kick in the midst of an Ozcan punching combination. It landed perfectly and left Ozcan an inert body on the canvas. Superbon demanded a rematch with Allazov for the title after the spectacular knockout.

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Russia's Mansur Malachiev stayed perfect, moving to 11-0, while delivering a brutal, one-sided beating on Jeremy Miado. He easily took Miado down, softened him up with ground-and-pound and finished with a tight brabo choke at the end of the first round. Bosnia and Herzegovina's Arian Sadikovic soundly defeated 39 year-old Dutch kickboxer Nieky Holzken, outworking his older foe.

Kwon Won Il authored a stunning comeback against Artem Belakh. Belakh nearly submitted Il in the first minute of the contest, but the South Korean came roaring back, firing punches despite his face being a mask of blood. Finally, he overwhelmed the Russian with blows, causing referee Herb Dean to waive off the contest at 3:57 of the second round.

In a 129-pound catchweight women's muay thai affair, England's Amber Kitchen started very strong but couldn't keep it up, eventually falling to the size and range of Italy's Martine Michieletto, who took a unanimous judges' verdict; China's Yong Hu and South Korea's Sung Hoon Woo gave one another no quarter for 15 minutes, hammering away at one another any way they could in what was likely the fight of the night. In the end, Hu garnered a split decision in the highly spirited affair; Serbian heavyweight kickboxer Rade Opacic avenged a loss to long-time top Brazilian contender Guto Inocente, dropping his foe with a huge right cross in the opening period en route to a unanimous decision.