After a week-long hiatus, the world’s largest martial arts organization returned to Lumpinee Stadium on October 27 with ONE Friday Fights 38.
The tournament featured 11 MMA and Muay Thai fights, featuring established stars, as well as aspiring athletes vying for a six-figure contract with the organization.
Musaev defeats Otop by first-round knockout
When two of Thailand’s top Muay Thai gyms send their fighters to compete at Lumpinee Stadium, that’s exactly what happened in Friday’s main event. Team Mehdi Zatout’s Ilyas Musaev took on Sor Sommai’s Otop Or Kwanmuang in a Muay Thai bantamweight bout that took just under a full round to finish the fight.
Otop had an anthropometric advantage, but Musaev was able to quickly close the distance and elbowed his opponent, which immediately drew blood and a countdown from the referee, but which Otop countered. But moments later, Musaev sent his opponent into the corner of the ring with a right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight at 2:59 of the first round. The 21-year-old Russian’s victory was only the tenth of his professional career, meaning he still has a long and interesting road ahead of him in ONE.
Tupiev wins by decision after three-round thriller with Yodphupa
Stalwart Mavlud Tupiev fought three intense rounds with popular Thai Yodphupa Wimanair and emerged victorious by majority decision.
The fight according to the rules of Muay Thai in the light heavyweight division had all the features of a classic fight: stormy exchanges, sudden, lightning-fast attacks and even a knockdown in the second round, when Tupiev hit Yodphupa with his right fist to the chin. . However, the 19-year-old Thai batsman responded to the count and continued to fight. At the end of the fight, Yodphupaya began to show active resistance, and as a result, the judges had to make a difficult decision.
Of the three judges, two favored Tupiev and he improved his personal best to 44-8.
Source : MatchTV
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