Sumit
Bhyan was in no mood for warm welcomes.
The Warrior’s Cove MMA export spoiled the ONE
Championship debut of Will
Drewitt, as he rode a hyperactive bottom game to a split
decision in their three-round
ONE Friday Fights 72 lightweight showcase on Friday at Lumpinee
Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Two of the ringside judges
struck scorecards for Bhyan (2-1, 1-1 ONE), who rebounded from his
Nov. 23 technical knockout loss to Matheus
Pereira.
Drewitt (0-1, 0-1 ONE) employed takedowns and top control but
failed to consolidate those efforts with meaningful damage. Bhyan
attacked with elbows off his back and a variety of submissions. He
did his best work in Round 2, where he threatened Drewitt with a
triangle armbar and a kimura that undoubtedly drew the attention of
those entrusted with tallying points. Bhyan conceded a takedown
inside the first 20 seconds of the third round but answered with
elbow strikes from mission control and managed to dodge the
occasional bullets being fired in his direction.
In other action, Kongsuk
Fairtex outpointed Joachim
Ouraghi to a unanimous decision in their 135.4-pound
catchweight muay thai headliner; Theptaksin
Sor Sornsing captured a unanimous decision against Jelte
Blommaert in their catchweight muay thai co-main event at 126
pounds; Pentor SP Kansart Paeminburi eked out a split decision over
Thongsiam Lukjaoporongtom in a 142-pound catchweight muay thai
showdown; Petnamkhong
Mongkolpet put away Lookkwan Sujeebameekiew with punches 2:48
into the first round of their catchweight muay thai attraction at
122 pounds; Muanglao Kiattongyot mapped out a unanimous decision
against Songpandin
Chor Kaewwiset in a 128-pound catchweight muay thai affair;
Alex
Roberts suffered a fight-ending leg injury 33 seconds into the
first round of his light heavyweight muay thai pairing opposite
Beybulat
Isaev; Freddie
Haggerty wiped out
Kaichon Sor Yingcharoenkarnchang with a devastating right cross
2:59 into the first round of their strawweight muay thai encounter;
Pataknin Sinbimuaythai took a unanimous verdict from Majid
Karimi in a three-round 122-pound catchweight muay thai scrap;
Akif Guluzada laid claim to a unanimous decision over Haruto
Yasumoto in their catchweight kickboxing battle at 128 pounds; and
Craig Hutchison tapped Banpot Lertthaisong with an armbar 1:57 into
their lightweight submission grappling match.