Jonathan Di Bella Outclasses Peimian Zhang, Captures 125-Pound KB Title at ONE 162

By Martial Arts Videos October 21, 2022
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Italy can now boast of one more champion among the ranks of
One Championship.

The One
162 main event featured a clash for the vacant kickboxing
strawweight championship between Peimian Zhang and Jonathan Di
Bella. The pair put on an entertaining back-and-forth battle,
showing off their best offensive skills. Zhang answered the
Italian’s fast hands with quick kicks as both contestants produced
a remarkable striking output. Neither man backed down from
relentless exchanges, nor could they gain a significant advantage
as the battle progressed. In Round 5, Di Bella landed a perfectly
timed head kick that nearly cold-cocked “The Fighting Rooster.”
While the Chinese combatant beat the count, his legs were not
entirely back underneath him. Di Bella ended the thriller on a high
note with a lengthy salvo of blows, but he could not achieve the
finish he was seeking. When the judges’ scores were read, the
announcer revealed that Di Bella took home a unanimous decision to
capture the vacant title.



In the co-headliner, Reece
McLaren forced Windson
Ramos to say “matte” after two rounds of combat. McLaren (16-8,
9-5 One) put on a composed and effective striking clinic,
connecting on Ramos (5-2, 1 NC; 1-1 One) with a quick jab followed
by low kicks. The John Wayne
Parr protégé applied the same strategy for two rounds, all
while blocking any sort of offense coming back at him. When Round 2
ended, Ramos showed a visible limp heading back to his corner due
to a swollen foot. The damage proved too significant, and Ramos
opted not to answer referee Herb Dean’s
call for the third stanza. McLaren has now amassed back-to-back
victories, and is 4-1 in his last five assignments.



Earlier on the card, Constantin Rusu upset Islam
Murtazaev via unanimous decision in a 174-pound catchweight
kickboxing affair; Gustavo
Balart (11-4, 3-3 One) edged former One strawweight champion
Alex
Silva (12-8, 11-8 One) with a narrow split decision in a
131-pound catchweight contest; Frenchman Jimmy
Vienot upended Niclas Larsen in their lightweight muay thai
bout by unanimous decision; Eko Roni
Saputra (7-1, 7-1 One) scored his seventh consecutive
first-round submission by landing a heel hook on Yodkaikaew
Fairtex at 2:16 into the opening frame; up-and-coming
145-pounder Artem
Belakh (9-1, 1-0 One) outpointed Leandro
Issa (17-9, 7-4 One) on all scorecards after a barnburner;
Denis
Puric outclassed Tagir Khalilov en route to a unanimous
decision in a 138-pound muay thai catchweight collision; Ruslan
Emilbek Uulu (19-3, 2-2 One) submitted Bellator MMA alum Benjamin
Wilhelm (5-2, 0-2 One) via rear-naked choke with only two
seconds left in the opening frame of their 185-pound encounter.

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