ONE Friday Fights 23 - 2023-06-30
Two exciting fighters at a crossroads headline another week of excellent Muay Thai action in Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, and you can watch it for free!
ONE Friday Fights 23 - 2023-06-30
Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
This week in the main event, two fighters that are 0-2 at ONE Friday Fights get a chance at redemption in facing each other. Paedsanlek lost via TKO to Elbrus Osmanov at OFF 3 and then via decision to Panrit at OFF 10. Kongklai has had two main event battles with Superball, at OFF 5 and 11. The fight at OFF 5 was one of the best fights of the year and it was a very close decision, and then Superball won another decision in the rematch. All four of the losses for these fighters were very exciting, so look for another exciting bout that gets one of the two back on a winning track.
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
Chayan Oorzhak (5-2) vs. Avliyohon “Uzbek Boen” Hamidov (11-4) (MMA 145) 9:38
“I’m Him” Lawrence Phillips (2-0) vs. Dalir “Kurdish Warrior” Moradian (MMA 265) 26:34
Yu Yau Pui (24-2) vs. Marie “Snow Leopard” Ruumet (33-10) (MT 115) 41:51
Jose Manuel Hita (37-7) vs. Alexandr Skvortsov (MT 155) 1:04:17
River Daz (32-0) vs. Silviu “Hitman” Vitez (45-9) (MT 140) 1:26:41
Kompet (83-19) vs. Huo Xiaolong (32-7) (KB 125) 1:49:34
Part 2
Songchainoi (51-18) vs. Mungkorn (50-19) (MT 119) 2:13:10
Chokdee (52-15) vs. Numsurin (101-19) (MT 116) 2:35:19
Petlampun (82-18) vs. Patakake (MT 128) 2:53:42
Pettong (110-41) vs. Stephen “El Matador” Irvine (23-3) (MT 125) 3:11:52
Beckham (56-18) vs. Anton Petrov (26-6, 18 KO) (MT 160) 3:28:58
Paedsanlek (60-37) vs. Kongklai (75-17) (MT 140) 3:51:07