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ONE 161: Tawanchai captures featherweight gold, Kryklia and Azizpour advance to GP final
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The Newly crowned ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Champion, Tawanchai PK.Saenchai. (ONE Championship)
A new World Champion was crowned at ONE 161: Petchmorakot vs. Tawanchai on Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Tawanchai PK.Saenchai went five exciting rounds with Petchmorakot Petchyindee to secure the nod from all three judges and become the new ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Champion, ending Petchmorakot’s two-and-a-half-year reign.
In the co-main events, the ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix semifinals kicked off with Roman Kryklia picking apart Guto Inocente to score a first-round KO. With the win, Kryklia entered his name into the Grand Prix final and was awarded a US$50.000 performance bonus for the stunning showing.
In the other semifinal matchup, Iraj Azizpour went the distance of three rounds with Bruno Chaves but scored a unanimous decision. The Iranian heavyweight was too slick and confident and stopped his Brazilian adversary from gaining any momentum. Azizpour’s entry into the Grand Prix finale sets up a dynamic contest because he was the last man to defeat Kryklia.
Rodrigo Marello had a fantastic night at the office in his ONE debut, making history by scoring the fastest victory in ONE’s submission grappling division after tapping out Ruslan Bagdasarian in just 15 seconds of the first round. For his record-breaking performance, he also earned a $50.000 bonus.
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Official results for ONE 161:
- Tawanchai PK.Saenchai defeats Petchmorakot Petchyindee via unanimous decision to claim the ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Title
- Roman Kryklia defeats Guto Inocente via TKO at 0:52 of round one (ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix semifinals)
- Iraj Azizpour defeats Bruno Chaves via unanimous decision (ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix semifinals)
- Saygid Izagakhmaev defeats Zhang Lipeng via unanimous decision (MMA – lightweight)
- Tiffany Teo defeats Ritu Phogat via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:52 of round one (MMA – atomweight)
- Oumar Kane defeats Batradz Gazzaev via TKO at 2:15 of round two (MMA – heavyweight)
- Alaverdi Ramazanov defeats Capitan Petchyindee via split decision (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
- Sangmanee PK.Saenchai defeats Zhang Chenglong via split decision (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
- Ferrari Fairtex defeats Han Zi Hao via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – featherweight)
- Rodrigo Marello defeats Ruslan Bagdasarian via submission (ankle lock) at 0:15 of round one (submission grappling – bantamweight)
- Ali Foladi defeats Matheus Felipe via knockout of 4:20 of round one (MMA – middleweight)
ONE Fight Night 2: Xiong vs. Lee III airs live on NETVERSE, Vidio.com, Kaskus TV and MAXstream at 7:00 a.m. WIB on Saturday, Oct. 1. The main card will follow on NETVERSE, Vidio.com, Kaskus TV and MAXstream at 9:00 p.m. WIB. NET TV will also air a same-day delay at 10:30 p.m. WIB.
This article was published in collaboration with ONE Championship.
