Belarusian prospect Ilyas Eziev
on Friday improved to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in ONE
Championship, as he submitted Joji Goto
with a rear-naked choke in the third round of their
ONE Friday Fights 61 bantamweight showcase at Lumpinee Boxing
Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
The 22-year-old controlled his adversary on the canvas for the
majority of the first round and scored multiple takedowns before
dropping Goto with a straight left toward the end of the frame.
Going into the second round, Goto (15-7, 0-1 ONE) seemed to have
recovered from the knockdown and began to get comfortable
exchanging strikes with Iziev, landing crisp combinations on the
Belarusian while also displaying his scrambling ability time and
again. Regardless, Iziev stuck to his relentless grappling assault
and visibly began to wear his Japanese foe down.
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Goto came out guns blazing in the final frame, dropping Iziev with
consecutive left hands. However, the Japanese competitor failed to
capitalize on the moment and soon found Iziev latched onto his
back. Although Goto managed to escape back to his feet once again,
it was not long before Iziev managed to shoot in for a takedown,
this time swiftly securing a rear-naked choke against his exhausted
foe at the 3:01 mark of Round 3.
Meanwhile, Hanna
Palmquist earned a unanimous decision over Chloe Cooke
in a women’s atomweight attraction. Clearly the bigger opponent,
Palmquist (1-0, 1-0 ONE) got off to an aggressive start, pushing
her opponent onto the back foot with stinging jabs while punishing
her with knees for overreaching. Cooke attempted to clinch and take
Palmquist down in vain, only to be reversed against the ropes,
ultimately presenting herself as a stationary target for the
Swede’s stinging strikes. Regardless, Cooke bit down on her
gumshield and looked to turn the tide by fighting her adversary off
with teeps and body kicks before dropping her with a check hook.
Clearly hurt, Palmquist was able to reverse another takedown
attempt by Cooke and control the English fighter, patiently slicing
her with elbows from the guard position to ride out the rest of the
round.
The opening minute of the second frame saw both competitors enjoy
success on the feet before Cooke (0-1, 0-1 ONE) shot in for a
well-timed takedown and transitioned straight to Palmquist’s back.
Shockingly, Cooke was successfully able to ride out the entire
round controlling her foe from the back with almost four minutes of
control time, although the damage she dealt out was minimal. A
point worth noting is that Palmquist was penalized by referee Herb
Dean with a yellow card for hooking her hands inside Cooke’s gloves
while grappling.
The final round saw Palmquist get straight back to her
long-distance strikes against Cooke. An exhausted Cooke found her
way to the hips once again, to no avail. Once against the ropes,
Palmquist unloaded thudding right hands and knees to the body of
her English adversary while easily shrugging off her labored and
desperate takedown attempts. Just when everyone thought the outcome
of the bout was more or less decided, Cooke landed a sneaky head
kick that had Palmquist on skates. However, the 23-year-old was too
gassed to string together a finish against her opponent and ended
the match with her back on the ropes.
In other action, Duangsompong Jitmuangnon earned a unanimous
decision win against Petsukumvit
Boi Bangna in a flyweight muay thai meeting; Abdallah
Ondash walked away with a unanimous decision win against
Suesat
Manop Gym in a strawweight muay thai clash; Samanchai Sor
Sommai scored a comeback unanimous decision victory against Brazil
M Eakchat after getting dropped in the first frame of their
strawweight muay thai contest; Petpattaya Silkmuaythai knocked out
Chalawan
Ngorbangkapi 1:48 into the second frame of their 122-pound
catchweight muay thai tilt;
Petsaenchai M U Den KhonmaiBaowee eked out a split decision win
against Ruayjing Sor Wisetkit in their flyweight muay thai contest;
Petnakian Phuyaiyunan knocked out SingUbon Or AudUdon 1:09 into
Round 2 of their 132-pound catchweight muay thai affair; Ramadan
Ondash earned himself a hard-fought unanimous decision win
against Pichitchai PK Saenchai in their 121-pound catchweight muay
thai meeting; Muga Seto knocked out Kabilan
Jelevan 1:32 into the second round of their 137-pound
catchweight muay thai bout; Haruyuki Tanitsu added another win to
his record with a unanimous decision victory against Anton Salchak
in their 119-pound catchweight muay thai meeting; and Min Kyaw Za
made a successful promotional debut with a unanimous decision win
over Ryohei Igado in their 143-pound catchweight muay thai contest.