The first all-kickboxing card in One Championship history ended with a shocking
knockout.

In the
“One: First Strike” headliner, Giorgio Petrosyan took on
Superbon Banchamek for the inaugural kickboxing featherweight
championship (155 pounds). The Italian fighter started with his
usual cautious pace in Round 1, studying his opponent’s reactions.
Superbon had some success with push kicks and knees to the body
while Petrosyan attacked the leading leg. “The Doctor” looked to
score with his right hand, and he managed to sting Superbon with a
well-timed uppercut. The Thai fighter proved busier in the first
frame, largely due to his kicks.

After the challengers for the vacant belt walked out to Round 2,
Superbon fired off a few head kicks that Petrosyan blocked in time.
Petrosyan responded by catching one of these kicks and trying to
sweep the leg, but the referee warned the Italian not to do that
again. When the action resumed, Petrosyan chased the Thai down with
his jab. In retaliation, Superbon loosed a few kicks that pounded
off the shoulder and midsection of Petrosyan. With 20 seconds left
to go in the round, Superbon shocked the world by scoring a body
kick, ducking an overhand left counter and smashing “The Doctor” in
the face with the head kick to end all head kicks. Petrosyan was
out before he hit the ground, his legs crossed and down for quite
some time. The Italian needed to be stretchered out of the cage as
a result of the vicious knockout, and he was transferred to the
hospital for evaluation. In addition to capturing the strap,
Superbon handed Petrosyan just his third career defeat, while
stopping the Italian for the first time in eight years.

The co-main event brought with it the fourth pairing of the 2021
featherweight grand prix quarterfinals, when former Glory
lightweight champ Marat Grigorian faced off against ex-K-1 World
Max titleholder Andy Souwer.
It took little more than 30 seconds for Grigorian to knock down
“Souwer Power” with a clean boxing combination. When he got back to
his feet, Souwer struck back with some of his well-known
punch-to-head kick combinations, but his Armenian-born opponent
never flinched. In the second frame, both fighters landed good
shots as Grigorian kept the center of the cage while his adversary
circled around him. The 155-pound tilt came to an end when
Grigorian landed a quick left hand that dropped Souwer, and the
Dutchman declined to get back to his feet after suffering apparent
ankle injury. The official end came at 2:26 of Round 2, and the
38-year-old kickboxing great with a record of 161-22-1 with 98 KOs
retired in the cage following his defeat.

In the remaining quarterfinal battles, former Lumpinee Stadium
welterweight champ and Glory lightweight king Sitthichai
Sitsongpeenong edged Tayfun Ozcan by narrow split decision;
Bellator MMA vet Chingiz Allazov put Samy Sana away with a vicious
punch to the liver just 39 seconds into their meeting; proud
Georgian Davit Kiria outstruck Enriko Kehl and recorded a TKO
victory at the 2:50 mark of Round 1.

In the heavyweight affair that opened the card, Rade Opacic stopped
Patrick
Schmid after scoring four knockdowns, with the final one
putting an end to the rumble at 1:19 of the second stanza.

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