ONE Friday Fights 24 - 2023-07-07
Tremendously entertaining show this week featuring several fights where both fighters get knocked down, plus a huge main event rematch!
ONE Friday Fights 24 - 2023-07-07
Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
This week, we have a non-Thai fighter in the main event, as Fabio Reis takes on Pongsiri. Reis is a fighter from Portugal who has two left hook knockouts on OFF so far, over Ferrari and Sangmanee. This time, he takes on ONE veteran Pongsiri, who was 1-3 in ONE proper before ONE Friday FIghts started. In OFF, Pongsiri is 2-0 over foreigners, with decision victories over Ferzan Çiçek and Tyson Harrison. This fight is also a rematch, as Pongsiri beat Reis via five-round decision in Muay Thai Fighter X exactly one year ago.
In the main event of the first half of the show, Sinsamut returns off of two straight defeats to Regian Eersel to try and get back on track as he takes on Brazilian Victor Teixeira. Teixeira knocked out Kongthailand just four weeks ago at OFF20, so he has a quick turnaround against a much higher level opponent.
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:
Fights highlighted in bold were ones that I found particularly entertaining.
Part 1
Asliddin “Uzbek Tiger” Eshankulov (4-0) vs. Nadyr Aliev (5-0) (MMA 155) 11:16
Isaque Moura (11-4) vs. Georgy “Tiger” Shahruramazanov (12-1) (MMA 155) 27:26
Nongam (44-5) vs. Lisa Brierley (25-10) (MT 110) 55:09
Jaising (42-15) vs. Amir “The Tiger” Abdulmuslimov (5-0) (MT 135) 1:13:10
Black Panther (76-17) vs. Mohammad Sadeghi (12-2) (MT 135) 1:37:08
“Aquaman” Sinsamut (80-18-3) vs. Victor “The Lumberjack” Teixeira (43-15) (MT 170) 2:00:29
Part 2
Aliff (54-7) vs. Ratchadej (60-19) (MT 119) 2:21:28
Rachan (61-24) vs. Mahahin (52-24) (MT 117) 2:34:51
Songfangkhong (56-19) vs. Denpayak (60-11) (MT 134) 2:56:09
Rambong (73-45) vs. Singdomthong (75-18) (MT 127) 3:14:57
Muangsap (70-10) vs. Sibsan (61-18) (MT 137) 3:33:57
Fabio “Sensational” Reis (22-6) vs. Pongsiri (158-37) (MT 145) 3:55:41