Gadzhimurad
Amirzhanov knows how to impose his will, and ONE
Championship stands to benefit from his exploits.
Dogged takedowns, suffocating top control and effective
ground-and-pound carried the undefeated Russian prospect to a
unanimous decision over Matheus
Pereira in a three-round
ONE Friday Fights 70 lightweight showcase on Friday at Lumpinee
Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. All three ringside judges
scored it for Amirzhanov (6-0, 3-0 ONE), who was forced to go the
distance for the first time since his December 2020 professional
debut.
Pereira (7-3, 3-1 ONE) could not stay upright. Amirzhanov sat him
down with an overhand left and threatened with a brabo choke in the
first round, then settled into a rinse-and-repeat cycle across the
final 10-plus minutes. Pereira did all he could from bottom
position, even though he received a yellow card for repeated
punches to the back of the head. Those efforts—they included a
powerful upkick in the third round—proved futile.
The loss snapped Pereira’s four-fight winning streak.
In other action, Stephen
Irvine buried Focus PK Wor Apinya with a brutal two-punch
combination 1:57 into the first round of their 132.2-pound
catchweight muay thai headliner; ET Wankhongohm MBK suffered a
fight-ending knee injury against Yodthongthai
Sor Sommai after being knocked down 2:06 into the first round
of their catchweight muay thai co-main event at 130 pounds;
Yodnumchai
Fairtex walked away with a unanimous decision over
Tubtimthong Sor Jor Lekmuangnon in their 114-pound catchweight
muay thai altercation; Apidet FiatPathum zapped Boonchu Sor
Boonmeerit with a right hook 21 seconds into the second round of
their catchweight muay thai attraction at 122 pounds; PayakSurin Or
AudUdon swept his way to a unanimous verdict over Tahaneak
Nayokatasala in a 119-pound catchweight muay thai feature;
Petphathai Bumrungsit outpointed Sirvan Amini to a unanimous
decision in a three-round catchweight muay thai confrontation at
123 pounds; Chokpreecha
PK Saenchai laid claim to a majority decision over Abdallah
Ondash in their three-round strawweight muay thai scrap; Tun
Min Aung put away Tuan Quoc Tran with a vertical elbow strike and
resulting gash 61 seconds into the third round of their
featherweight muay thai battle; Petnamngam
PK Saenchai took a split decision from Amir Abdulmuslimov in a
three-round catchweight muay thai affair at 130 pounds; and Kendu
Irving wiped out Yuhei Tsuda with a vicious elbow strike 1:37 into
the second round of their 143-pound catchweight muay thai clash.