ONE Friday Fights 18 - 2023-05-26
Another amazing week of fights provides two that you MUST watch: Chatanan vs. Suphachailek and Teeyai vs. Saklek. Free every week!
ONE Friday Fights 18 - 2023-05-26
Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
Tyson “John Wayne Noi” Harrison takes on Pongsiri in the main event, while ONE Straw Muay Thai champion Smilla Sundell makes her kickboxing debut on the undercard. Pongsiri has been out since OFF2, where he won a unanimous decision. Harrison lost a split decision at OFF1 but then got a knockout at OFF11 over Rambo. He is five inches taller than Pongsiri.
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.
ONE Kickboxing: Regular fights 3 rounds of 3 minutes, title fights 5 rounds of 3 minutes. Scored on the 10-Point Must System. 3 knockdowns in a round is a TKO. Elbows are not allowed, no throws, no grappling. Fighters use 8/10-ounce boxing gloves.
The show is located here:
Fights highlighted in bold were ones that I found particularly entertaining.
Part 1
Ali Kabdulla (8-1) vs. Richard “The Wolf” Godoy (15-4) (MMA 170) 11:28
Manthan Rane (4-0) vs. Andrey Chelbaev (3-0) (MMA 135) 35:13
Johan “Jojo” Ghazali (20-6) vs. Tai (50-9) (MT 135) 1:02:04
Smilla “The Hurricane” Sundell (33-5) vs. Milana Bjelogrlic (45-7) (KB 128) 1:25:26
Chanajon (110-30) vs. Victor Hugo (53-18) (MT 170) 1:46:24
Mohammed “Too Sharp” Boutasaa (15-1) vs. Mohammed Siasarani (19-9) (KB 155) 2:07:28
Part 2
Petnumkhum (66-21) vs. Petkritsada (45-10) (MT 116) 2:31:32
Chatanan (73-25) vs. Suphachailek (45-13) (MT 129) 2:42:00
Sansiri (65-11) vs. Rit (110-66) (MT 145) 2:59:09
Teeyai (56-20) vs. Saklek (100-12) (MT 125) 3:15:49
Samingdam (59-31) vs. Mahamongkol (75-25) (MT 132) 3:32:09
Tyson “John Wayne Noi” Harrison (23-9) vs. Pongsiri (157-37) (MT 148) 3:54:08