ONE Friday Fights 106 Results – Panrit Folds Suksawat In First Round, Yunusov Crushes Ponting To Remain Unbeaten

Twelve more high-octane bouts filled the card on Friday, May 2, and over half of the contests ended long before the final bell.

Before ONE Fight Night 31: Kongthoranee vs. Nong-O II takes the baton later on today, let’s recap everything that went down live in Asia primetime at this edition of the hottest weekly combat sports showcase around.

Panrit Bodies Suksawat In Under Two Minutes

Panrit looked sharper than ever once the bell sounded as he refused to let his compatriot find his footing, tagging him with big hooks and kicks to the body. 

Having measured his man against the ropes, Panrit put everything he had into a lethal left body hook that sank Suksawat and forced the referee to end the bout at just 1:55 of round one.

With the spellbinding first-round KO win, the 28-year-old moved to 74-31 overall.

Banluelok Stops Petbanrai For Third Straight Knockout

The 28-year-old Thai slugger disregarded his four-inch height disadvantage and boxed his way into the void against the 5-foot-6 Petbanrai.

Upon establishing his range, the southpaw striker clocked Petbanrai with a well-timed left cross for the first knockdown of the fight.

Banluelok knew he had his opponent measured and uncorked another blinding left cross that dropped Petbanrai for the second time.

Like a hawk diving for the kill, the WMC Lamai Muaythai affiliate then went into a flurry and smashed his fellow Thai striker with a third left cross to end the match 2:16 into the first.

Banluelok moves to 3-0 in ONE Championship and 88-20 overall.

Suesat Chops Chalamdam’s Legs For First Round KO

The 31-year-old allowed his dance partner to advance before making him pay with punches and a set of kicks for the first knockdown barely 30 seconds into the first round.

Chalamdam got back up with minimal fuss, but he clearly didn’t get the message.

As he advanced behind heavy leather, Suesat uncorked a final right kick to his foe’s left leg that put him down and out for good at 1:24 of the opening frame.

The Manop Gym’s highlight-reel finish upped his slate to 61-15.

Petphupa Outworks Chattawee To Enter Win Column

The 19-year-old set the pace from the first bell, launching high kicks and lightning-fast punch combinations that tagged Chattawee throughout the opening frame. 

Petphupa looked even more confident in round two as he goaded his Thai compatriot towards him before landing an even higher volume of punches while avoiding any hurling strikes.

Chattawee tagged the Superbon Training Camp product more in the final round, but Petphupa was too far out of reach, and he took home the unanimous decision victory to move to 64-18 overall. 

Yodseksan Battles Back To Overthrow Sein Lone Chaw

The 19-year-old felt the wrath of his Myanmar foe and ate multiple counters as Sein Lone Chaw targeted his body and peppered him with stiff punches.

Sein Lone Chaw’s lack of respect for the Thai’s range eventually cost him in round two when he was dropped by a huge right hand that closed out the stanza.

Yodseksan turned the tide in the final frame, stumbling his man with a knee to the body before landing combinations at will, and that was enough to earn the unanimous decision win and move him to 2-0 in ONE.

Khunpon Earns Split Decision Triumph Over Rhenimi

Despite the Moroccan’s height advantage, Khunpon secured the match’s lone knockdown with a powerful left over the top in round one – a crucial juncture in this strawweight Muay Thai tussle.

That eight-count only ignited a fire in Rhenimi, though, who used his reach to good use in the following rounds. The 18-year-old shook off his Thai foe’s forward pressure with teeps down the middle, body kicks, and punching combos.

While Rhenimi had the upper hand in many of the exchanges, Khunpon’s accurate striking and his early knockdown saw him take the win by split decision win, bringing his resume to 20-7.

Yunusov Demolishes Ponting To Stay Perfect

Right from the opening bell, the Russian phenom knew that Ponting’s liver would be his target.

He used his boxing to establish range and never abandoned his game plan of making mincemeat out of the British standout’s ribcage even in the clinch.

After walking Ponting down to the ropes, Yunusov uncorked a stiff roundhouse kick to the body that folded the 19-year-old from Masda Gym Liverpool.

He then finished things off with a cracking left knee that took Ponting out at 1:50 of the opening frame.

The scintillating finish improved Yunusov to 4-0 in ONE Championship and 13-0 overall.

Salomov Dominates Payakrut In Stellar ONE Debut

After absorbing a knockdown from Payakrut’s clean right cross in the first round, the Uzbek phenom shifted gears in the second and third frames.

Salomov dropped Payakrut twice in round two, first with a well-timed straight right early on and then with a laser-aimed left hand in the final 20 seconds.

He continued to frustrate the Suajan Tok Ban Muay Thai man with his stance-switching in the third and scored another knockdown with a booming left straight to practically ensure the unanimous decision win.

With the victory, Salomov improved to a perfect 12-0 overall.

Vitez’s Elbow From Hell Stops Sato

The Romanian striker plowed forward for fun, with punches, kicks, and elbows. But it was a vicious knee to the midsection that dropped Sato for an eight-count at the end of the opening frame.

“Hitman” brought the same fire into round two, entering the pocket behind swinging overhands. The 30-year-old relied on his short-range weapons in the clinch, and a precise elbow soon opened Sato up.

Upon inspection by the ringside doctor – with athlete safety a top priority – the referee waved off the tie and handed Vitez the TKO via doctor stoppage at 1:57 of the round, which improved his career slate to 51-15.

Oorzhak Shines In One-Round Demolition Job

The Russian used his size advantage to pepper his Venezuelan foe with jabs and teep kicks and prevent him from closing the distance.

Stalking his adversary methodically, Oorzhak picked his moment perfectly to trap Gomez against the ropes and drive crushing knees into the ONE Championship debutant’s body, sending him to the mat for the TKO win at 3:20 of round one. 

The IdeaJJ Team product moved to 9-3 overall and 4-1 in ONE with the impressive first-round finish.

Gusarov Scores Stunning Submission Finish Over Akanov

After gauging distance in the opening seconds, “Hunter” landed a swift takedown and utterly controlled Akanov with his suffocating wrestling.

The combat sambo specialist drained the Kazakh fighter’s gas tank with relentless transitions against the ropes and on the canvas.

Finding his spot off a quick guard pass, Gusarov isolated Akanov’s neck and cranked a nasty Ninja Choke for the textbook submission finish at 2:27 of the first round.

With a ONE Championship debut win in the books, the Russian grappling machine improved his professional record to 7-1.

Sakayori Edges Past Sheng In Back-And-Forth Scrap

The Japanese dynamo didn’t have it easy, though, as Sheng’s crisp punch-kick combinations troubled him in the first round. 

The Chinese sensation stuck to the same tactics in the second canto, but Sakayori turned the tide in his favor via smooth footwork that allowed him to set up his damaging left hook.

Sakayori used that to great success and he followed up with a mix of crosses, uppercuts, and knees that slowed Sheng down.

Both warriors held nothing back in the final stanza, but it was Sakayori’s ability to time his attacks, volume, and forward pressure that pushed two of the ringside judges to hand him the win, which stood as his sixth career victory.