Another round of jaw-dropping martial arts action went down when ONE Championship took over Bangkok, Thailand’s Lumpinee Stadium on Friday, June 20.
ONE Friday Fights 113 showcased 11 bouts across MMA and Muay Thai, and the global fanbase were treated to a flurry of finishes and closely fought contests throughout.
In case you missed any of it, let’s recap what happened live in Asia primetime at this edition of the world’s hottest weekly combat sports series.
Yodlekpet “The Destroyer” Or Atchariya lived up to his moniker when he upended Donking Yotharakmuaythai in the first round of their flyweight Muay Thai main event.
The duo met in the middle of the ring and traded punches immediately, but it was Donking who set the pace by peppering his four-time Muay Thai World Champion foe with stiff jabs.
However, just as the Thai striker began to find his groove, Yodlekpet shot in with a destructive two-punch combination.
Donking hit the deck and was rendered out for the count at 2:21 of the opening round, ending his four-fight winning streak in the process.
The impressive victory pushed Yodlekpet to 91-38 overall in his career and got him back on track in ONE Championship after a two-fight skid.
Decho Por Borirak reasserted his dominance over Isannuea Tor Tanjaroen in their action-packed 130-pound Muay Thai rematch.
He shrugged off Isannuea’s leg kick barrage in round one by marching forward and connecting with strong punch combinations.
Isannuea didn’t back down and landed a solid punch to Decho’s mid-section, followed by a right hook to the temple.
Round two began with a battle of attrition from the clinch. Decho assaulted his fellow Thai with punishing knees to the body and cut him open with slicing elbows. But Isannuea broke away and returned fire with looping hooks.
It was neck-and-neck entering the final frame, but Decho got the edge with accurate uppercuts and knees, and that powered him to the unanimous decision victory, moving him to 2-0 in ONE Championship and 47-20 overall.
Numsurin Chor Ketwina stayed perfect in his ONE Championship tenure when he took out Paeyim Sor Boonmeerit in their 117-pound Muay Thai matchup.
The first round saw a typical feeling-out phase, as both fighters worked behind their leg kicks to gauge distance and rhythm.
Paeyim tried to maintain his range with body kicks, but Numsurin entered the void with lunging boxing combinations.
The Tdet99 man pushed the pace in the second frame and charged down Paeyim with reckless flurries to the head. The Sor Boonmeerit striker was forced to put his guard up, allowing Numsurin to change tactics.
He blasted his foe with several hooks to the body, with the final one ending proceedings at the 2:10 mark of round two.
With the KO win, Numsurin improved to 5-0 in ONE Championship and 104-19 overall.
Sunday Boomdeksean weathered an early storm from Dionatha Santos Tobias to pick up the unanimous decision win in their incredible 118-pound Muay Thai affair.
Santos Tobias showcased a boxing clinic in the opening round, dancing around Sunday and ripping at his body with beautifully mixed up punches.
The Brazilian tried to pick up where he left off in round two, but there was no quit in Sunday. He tagged his opposite man with multiple heavy punching combinations, putting Santos Tobias on his heels to turn the tide.
In the final minutes, the Thai continued to land looping punches, and he managed to stumble Santos Tobias with a head kick.
Ultimately, Sunday’s overall output was enough to earn him the unanimous decision win, which improved his slate to 70-19 overall.
Petwiset Petkiatpet promised a knockout in his ONE Championship debut, and he delivered against Rungpet Petcharoen in 130-pound Muay Thai.
After a feeling-out process, Petwiset took the initiative with strong body kicks. But Rungpet halted his forward pressure with an overhand right.
The Kiatpet man closed the gap near the end of the opening frame and landed a lethal knee to the body.
An all-out brawl then ensued in the second round. Both fighters exchanged wild haymakers, but Rungpet made the crucial mistake of leaving his chin open, allowing Petwiset to detonate with a pin-point right hook.
The 31-year-old was out cold before he hit the canvas, and the referee halted the bout at 0:18 of round two.
With the KO victory, Petwiset pushed his career slate to 41-13.
Asadula Imangazaliev steamrolled Denphuthai Superlek Muay Thai to score a brutal second-round knockout in their flyweight Muay Thai clash
The Russian mauler didn’t waste any time when the bell rang, connecting with terrifying combinations that forced Denphuthai onto the defensive right away.
Imangazaliev dropped the Thai striker with a perfectly-timed counter left elbow at the midway point of round one, and he continued piling on the pressure in the second frame.
He rocked Denphuthai with a textbook axe kick and sent him to the mat with a spinning back elbow before finishing proceedings via a textbook uppercut to the jaw 52 seconds into round two.
The KO win pushed the 21-year-old star to a perfect 5-0 slate in ONE Championship and 9-0 overall.
Francisca Vera managed to put back-to-back wins together when she outfought Nongfahsai TOP PK Saenchai in a memorable three-round atomweight Muay Thai clash.
Nongfahsai was the more patient of the two as she allowed Vera to enter her range and countered her with high kicks and sharp elbows in the first frame.
However, Vera came alive in the second round. She stalked her foe and used her long limbs to land clean right and left punches, evening the score.
Nongfahsai attempted to put the pressure on “Miss Scarface” in round three, but it came to no avail as Vera sliced her open with a nasty elbow, which proved enough for her to get the judges’ nod in the end.
The unanimous decision win was the Chilean striker’s 12th career victory.
In lightweight Muay Thai, Maciej Karpinski demonstrated the destructive power of his right hand against Donny “The Don” Smith.
Smith came out hot with back-to-back left high kicks, but Karpinski kept his guard high and stayed composed to find an opening and drop the 17-year-old with a slick left to the body and right straight.
He then secured a second knockdown courtesy of a one-two combination, putting “The Don” on the back foot.
Not long after the bell for round two rang, Karpinski connected with an overhand right and left laser to send Smith to the mat, and he followed that with more punch combinations to seal victory in his ONE Championship debut via TKO at the 1:05 mark.
The impressive win pushed the 29-year-old’s career slate to 10-2.
Ayoub El Khadraoui was on fire en route to a second-round TKO win over Kaisei Sato in their 157-pound Muay Thai tussle.
The ONE Championship debutant battered Sato with heavy boxing flurries before landing a crisp right elbow that cut the Japanese striker above the right brow in the first round.
Using the wound as his target, the Elamghari Muaythai Team man then landed a stiff right hook that dropped Sato in a heap.
El Khadraoui pressed the action when the bout resumed, meeting his lunging foe with a venomous left hook for his second knockdown of the fight.
The 20-year-old continued his assault in the second round and rocked Sato with a knee before earning the finish with a mean left hook 30 seconds into the frame, moving him to 9-1 overall.
Jayson “Dumagmang Warrior” Miralpez made it two first-round finishes in a row in ONE Championship when he stormed through Yeerzati Gemingnuer in their strawweight MMA tilt.
A classic striker-versus-grappler bout got underway immediately as Miralpez let loose with punches while Yeerzati fought to keep him tied up in the clinch.
“Dumagmang Warrior” managed to break off and land a series of strikes before Yeerzati closed the distance, signalling what was to come.
He put his Chinese foe on his heels with heavy punches and then downed him with a huge knee. Miralpez followed up with a barrage of strikes to earn the TKO win at 3:23 of round one, moving him to 5-1 overall in his career.
Sardor “Golden” Karimboev slithered his way to a submission victory over Roman “Cobra” Popov in flyweight MMA.
Popov thought he had the upper hand after securing a powerful takedown right after the opening bell, but he immediately fell into Karimboev’s trap.
The Uzbek fighter wrestled to get top position and used a brief scramble to cinch in a triangle attempt.
“Cobra” defended but ate some nasty elbows in the process, allowing Karimboev to beautifully transitioned into a mounted triangle.
He softened up Popov with more ground-and-pound from there before getting the tap via a triangle armbar at 1:38 of round one for an impressive win in his ONE Championship debut.