Mongolia’s Nachin Sat
on Friday put forth an impressive showing in his sophomore ONE
Championship outing by submitting Azerbaijan’s Tural
Askerov in the first frame of their featherweight showcase at
ONE Friday Fights 53 held at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in
Bangkok, Thailand.
Both fighters came out throwing leg kicks and feints in the opening
sequence. Thirty seconds into the round, Askerov (4-2) was on top
of Sat thanks to a leg kick that threw his opponent
off-balance.
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Despite having the advantageous position, Askerov found it hard to
get his ground-and-pound off against the Mongolian, who kept
fighting with body triangles and elbows from bottom. Just when
Askarov seemed to be content with holding the top position, Sat
(6-2) managed to sneak in a triangle choke at the 3:51 of Round 1
to walk away with his second ONE Championship victory.
Meanwhile, Chayan
Oorzhak recorded his third consecutive ONE Championship win
with a unanimous decision over Babar Ali in
a three-round flyweight feature.
While Oorzhak (8-2) immediately took the center and began pressing
forward against his opponent with strikes, Ali was quick to clinch
up with the Mongolian and press him up against the ropes. Avoiding
any takedown attempts, Oorzhak calmly kept defending while landing
a few elbows and eventually gaining top position against Ali (7-3),
this time landing vicious knees and punches on his adversary. Once
the two were back on their feet, Oorzhak’s stand-up skills seemed
to be too much for Ali, who had to endure some more
ground-and-pound before getting a takedown of his own in the dying
seconds of the first stanza.
In the second round, Oorzhak managed to land some crisp shots on
the feet before skillfully thwarting a takedown attempt by his
opponent. The Mongolian continued to unload strikes while denying
Ali’s takedowns successfully. Halfway through the frame, Oorzhak
began to unload on Ali in the corner when “The Flogger” shot in for
a single-leg only, to be immediately reversed and pounded by the
32-year-old. Despite being outclassed by his opponent, Ali refused
to abandon his relentless approach, securing a takedown towards the
end of the round that allowed him to land a few strikes from
top.
The third frame once again saw Oorzhak press forward and outstrike
Ali with vicious right hands and body shots before being clinched
up by “The Flogger” against the ropes and eventually being
separated by the referee. Ooorzhak immediately got back to his
striking, landing at will while still stopping Ali’s takedown
efforts. Although Ali managed to keep the fight on the ropes going
into the last minute, Oorzhak eventually broke away and ended the
round with a flying knee attempt before exiting the ring with the
decision.
In other action, Kongsuk
Fairtex walked away with a hard-fought unanimous decision
against Petsukumvit
Boi Bangna in their flyweight muay thai headliner; Mongkolkaew
Sor Sommai returned to winning ways with a unanimous decision
over
Denkriangkrai Singha Mawynn in their 130-pound catchweight muay
thai meeting; Brazil
Aekmuangnon secured a unanimous decision against Chalie Singha
Mawynn in a gritty strawweight muay thai contest; Sunday
Boomdeksean scored an emphatic knockout just 59 seconds into
the second frame of a catchweight muay thai clash against Petchainart
Sitkumnunneng; Payakkiri
Misakawan eked out a split decision against Ganchai
Jitmuangnon in a strawweight muay thai tilt; Mahesuan
Aekmuangnon punched his way to a TKO at 2:30 in Round 3 of an
atomweight muay thai clash against Pet
Fairtex; Huo
Xiaolong walked away victorious against Majid
Karimi in their strawweight kickboxing meeting, scoring a KO
win at 2:30 of Round 2; Deniz
Demirkapu took only 59 seconds to dismantle Buakhiao
Por Paoin with a devastating body kick in a 138-pound
catchweight muay thai affair; Samingdam Looksuanmuaythai earned a
unanimous decision against Seksan
Fairtex in a flyweight muay thai bout; Worapon
Sor Dechapan received the judges’ nod with a unanimous decision
against Hiroki
Kasahara in a 142-pound catchweight muay thai meeting; and
BM
Fairtex fought his way to a unanimous decision against
Masatoshi Hira in a flyweight muay thai contest that opened the
card.