ONE Friday Fights 15 - 2023-05-05
Must-see battle between Jaising and Denpayak! Plus Nakrob looking to go to 3-0 in ONE Friday Fights in the main event. Free!
ONE Friday Fights 15 - 2023-05-05
Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Nakrob Fairtex gets promoted to the main event after two previous wins on ONE Friday Fights. He was scheduled to fight tonight’s opponent, Ploywitthaya, at OFF 9 in March, but Ploywittaya withdrew due to illness and Nakrob instead ended up knocking out Jaiyi Chen via body knees. Nakrob noted he expects this fight to be tougher than his two previous bouts, since it is his first Thai opponent in OFF.
Ploywitthaya makes his ONE debut in this main event. Thboxing lists his record since the beginning of 2022 as 4-2, with his last fight being a decision loss to Phaidaeng in February. He won silver medals in Muay Thai at the Southeast Asian games in 2017 and 2022. He has noted that under ONE rules, he is going to try to transition his style from mostly kicking over to more punches and elbows.
ONE Muay Thai: Regular fights 3 rounds of 3 minutes, title fights 5 rounds of 3 minutes. Scored on the 10-Point Must System, but judges must declare a winner if the points are even at the end of the fight. 3 knockdowns in a round is a TKO. Elbows allowed, no throws, no grappling. Fighters fight in the 4 oz. MMA gloves instead of boxing gloves. ONE referees tend to break up the clinch almost immediately instead of letting the fighters work out of it.
ONE MMA: Regular fights 3 rounds of 5 minutes, title fights 5 rounds of 5 minutes. Bout scored in its entirety, not round-by-round. Knees to the head of a grounded opponent are legal, soccer kicks are not.
The show is located here:
Due to TV timing in Thailand, they sent out the main event as the next-to-last fight.
Fights highlighted in bold were ones that I found particularly entertaining.
Part 1
Lucas Gabriel (6-1) vs. Ibragim “Vatsok” Shaymanov (5-3) (MMA 170) 0:53
Mark “Tyson” Abelardo (20-10) vs. Taron “Gegami” Grigorian (6-1) (MMA 145) 27:08
Kwankhao (35-15) vs. Yuly “Kalay” Alves (29-6) (MT 125) 47:25
“The Southern Assassin” Satanfah (112-26) vs. Josh Hill (33-11) (MT 157) 1:11:33
“Legatron” Rungrawee (153-46) vs. Vladimir Gabov (19-3) (MT 170) 1:37:00
“The Million Dollar Baby” Sangmanee (186-35) vs. Fabio “Sensational” Reis (21-6) (MT 145) 1:56:44
Part 2
Jaising (40-15) vs. Denpayak (60-10) (MT 135) 2:13:42
Chokdee (51-15) vs. Dinneurthong (110-37) (MT 116) 2:32:42
Sibsan (60-18) vs. Worlaphon (60-30) (MT 138.4) 2:53:18
Muangsap (70-9) vs. Baramee (80-18) (MT 137) 3:12:03
Main Event: Nakrob (61-20) vs. Ploywitthaya (60-18) (MT 135) 3:33:41
Theeradet (70-27) vs. Siwakorn (130-25) (MT 143) 3:51:32