Never count out Mark
Abelardo in One
Championship.
The Fairtex Pattaya product withstood two knockdowns and wide
swaths of positional control to put away Georgy
Shakhruramazanov with punches in the second round of their
ONE Friday Fights 38 bantamweight showcase on Friday at
Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Abelardo (22-10, 7-5
UFC) brought it to a dramatic close 4:43 into Round 2.
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Shakhruramazanov (12-2, 1-1 ONE) floored his counterpart with a
spinning wheel kick in the first round and moved into clinch range
behind a burst of punches, only to stall in the corner. He caught
Abelardo with the same kick in the middle stanza, swarmed with
punches and ultimately secured a takedown and advanced to the back.
From there, it all went awry. Abelardo scrambled to his feet,
initiated an exchange and decked the Russian with a sweeping left
hook. A series of standing-to-ground punches followed,
necessitating the stoppage.
Meanwhile, former Universal Reality Combat Championship titleholder
Fritz
Biagtan took care of Deepak
Bhardwaj with knees to the body and follow-up punches in the
first round of their flyweight attraction. Bhardwaj (4-1, 0-1 ONE)
succumbed to blows 1:13 into Round 1.
Biagtan (7-1, 2-0 ONE) flurried with punches at the start,
overextended and conceded a takedown against the Bali MMA rep.
However, he rose to his feet, settled in the clinch and unleashed a
pair of brutal knee strikes to the body. Bhardwaj turned away from
contact and ate a few right hands before referee Mohamad Sulaiman
waved it off.
The 28-year-old Biagtan has rattled off three straight
victories.
Finally, Team Mehdi Zatout rep Ilyas
Musaev waylaid Otop Or
Kwanmuang in the first round of their bantamweight muay thai
showcase at 145 pounds. Just 17 years of age, Kwanmuang checked out
2:59 into Round 1.
They traded kicks early, but it soon became clear Musaev was
carrying the heavy weaponry. He dropped Kwanmuang with a spinning
back elbow with roughly a minute left in the first round, then went
back to work when the referee completed his count. Musaev pushed
the Thai into a corner behind punches and snuck a brutal right hand
over his defenses for a savage single-shot knockout.
In other action, Chorfah
Tor Sangtiennoi captured a unanimous decision against Pompet
PK Saenchai in a scintillating catchweight muay thai co-feature
at 132 pounds;
Singdomthong Nokjeanladkrabang rode a pair of knockdowns to a
majority decision over Stephen
Irvine in a three-round catchweight muay thai scrap at 127
pounds; Puengluang
Baanramba wiped out Sonrak
Sit Por Jor Wor with a clean right hook 16 seconds into the
second round of their bantamweight muay thai contest; Petgarfield
Jitmuangnon took a unanimous decision from Numpangna
Eaglemuaythai in a catchweight muay thai firefight at 140
pounds; Yodsingdam
Keatkhamtorn, 16, floored Chalawan
Ngorbangkapi three times with punches, necessitating a stoppage
1:45 into the first round of their strawweight muay thai encounter;
Mavlud
Tupiev was awarded a majority verdict against Yodphupa
Wimanair in a three-round bantamweight muay thai battle;
Katsuki
Kitano laid claim to a unanimous decision over Halil
Kutukcu in a three-round featherweight muay thai clash; and
Lenny
Blasi cut down Nonthakit
Tor Morsri with punches 55 seconds into the third round of
their bantamweight muay thai affair.