One
Championship might want to take a closer look at Carlo
Bumina-ang. The Team Lakay rep wiped out Ilyas
Dursun with a sensational one-punch knockout in the first round
of their
ONE Friday Fights 44 bantamweight showcase on Friday at
Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Dursun (2-1, 0-1 ONE)
met his end just 23 seconds into Round 1.
The 29-year-old Bumina-ang (3-0, 3-0 ONE) sat down the Amir Team
product with a counter right hook, gave chase and uncorked a
devastating straight left. The concussive blow rendered Dursun
unconscious in an instant and left him draped over the ropes.
Somewhere, Wanderlei
Silva smiled and Quinton
Jackson shuddered.
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Bumina-ang has finished two of his first three opponents in less
than a minute.
Meanwhile, Kak’s Fight Club export Babar Ali
leaned on repeated takedowns, suffocating top control and heavy
ground-and-pound, as he laid claim to a unanimous decision over
Fritz
Biagtan in a three-round flyweight attraction. All three
members of the ringside judiciary scored it for Ali (7-2, 1-0
ONE).
Biagtan (7-2, 2-1 ONE) struggled to stay in his lane. Ali made the
most of his size and strength advantages, executed takedowns in all
three rounds and slowly but surely chipped away at the Filipino’s
resolve. He did his best work in Round 3, where he secured a
takedown, paired punches and elbows with knees to Biagtan’s head,
dodged multiple submission attempts and ultimately progressed to
full mount in the waning seconds.
Ali, 21, now finds himself on a three-fight winning streak.
Further down the card, RS Team prospect Leandro
Gomes put away Phuket Fight Club’s Milad
Hosseini with punches in the third round of their flyweight
feature. Hosseini (0-1, 0-1 ONE) succumbed to unanswered punches
2:47 into Round 3.
Gomes (5-1, 1-0 ONE) was virtually flawless in his promotional
debut. He called upon bulletproof takedown defense, clean one-twos,
outside kicks to the calf and inside kicks to the thigh. Gomes
dialed up a flying knee in the first round, flexed his superiority
in open space and hit the accelerator as soon as the situation
called for it. He surprised Hosseini with a takedown in Round 3,
floated between the back and full mount, applied his
ground-and-pound and returned to his feet after being reversed.
Gomes then doubled up on rolling right hooks, corralled his
counterpart in the corner and unleashed his hands until the job was
done.
The 21-year-old Gomes has rattled off four straight victories.
In other action, Yod-IQ
Or Pimolsri walked away with a contentious split decision over
Ilyas
Musaev in their three-round muay thai bantamweight headliner;
Pompet
PK Saenchai took out Rittidet
Sor Sommai with punches 1:56 into the third round of their
catchweight muay thai co-main event at 132 pounds;
Maisangkum Sor Yingcharoenkarnchang brought down Chalarmdam
Nayokatasala with punches to the body 2:54 into the first round
of their catchweight muay thai showcase at 119 pounds; Peemai
Por Kobkuea captured a unanimous decision over Thanungern
FA Group in their three-round muay thai bantamweight
altercation; Ganchai
Jitmuangnon wrecked Binladin
Sangmorakot with a head kick 2:24 into the first round of their
muay thai 124-pound catchweight battle; Sungprab
Lookpichit cut down Petmuangthai
TBM Gym with punches 2:12 into the second round of their muay
thai catchweight confrontation at 112 pounds; Avatar
PK Saenchai swept the scorecards to a unanimous verdict over
Wang
Kaifeng in a three-round muay thai bantamweight scrap; Ferzan
Cicek took a unanimous decision from Lenny Blasi
in a three-round muay thai bantamweight collision; and Yuly Alves
was awarded split scorecards over Chellina
Chirino in a three-round muay thai women’s strawweight tilt.