Kara-Ool
Changy dominated China’s Gexi
Sanlang on his way to a second-round technical knockout in
their
ONE Friday Fights 56 strawweight showcase on Friday at Lumpinee
Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The end came 4:25 into Round
2. It was the lone mixed martial arts bout on the ONE
Championship card.
It did not take long for Changy to put Sanlang on his back with a
kick in the opening seconds of the first round. The Russian kept
circling his downed adversary and managed to land a couple of
thudding shots to the body before letting him back to his feet. The
undefeated prospect continued to pressure his opponent with slick
counterstrikes from the southpaw stance, later dropping Sanlang
with a left hook while exiting the clinch. The Russian continued to
land shots to the head and body from top until the ref allowed the
Chinese national to get back to his feet. Sanlang seemed to have no
answer for Changy’s constant pressure, ultimately ending the
opening stanza on his back once more, his foe punishing him with
kicks to the legs.
Round 2 saw Sanlang look to strike with Changy until the Russian
managed to eat and catch a head kick and slam him to the canvas to
land a few punches before letting him up. Two minutes into the
second frame, Sanlang managed to take Changy’s back, only to be
reversed against the ropes and let go. Changy’s sense of urgency to
find the finish was apparent, as the Russian ate another head kick
and countered it with a stinging body shot to put Sanlang on his
back. Once back to their feet, the Russian continued to pepper his
opponent with side kicks to the leg and straight lefts to the body,
eventually landing a crisp straight left hand followed by a shovel
hook to Salang’s body that put him down to the canvas for the final
time.
In other action, Ferrari
Fairtex walked away with a unanimous decision against Mavlud
Tupiev in a bantamweight muay thai clash; Puengluang
Baanramba recorded his sixth victory under the ONE
Championship banner with a unanimous decision against Dentungtong
Singha Mawynn in a flyweight muay thai bout; Jelte
Blommaert secured a TKO against Kritpet
PK Saenchai at 1:26 of Round 2 of their 126-pound catchweight
muay thai meeting; Sanpet
Sor Salacheep clinched a unanimous decision against Yodkritsada
Sor Sommai in their 130-pound catchweight muay thai contest;
Tonglampoon Maimornforest knocked out
Kongsurin Sor Jor Lekmuangnon at 1:10 in the second stanza of
their 117-pound catchweight muay thai tilt; Prakaypetlek EminentAir
made a lasting impression in his promotional debut after walking
away with a knockout of Petniyom FA Group in under two-minutes
(1:52); Turkey’s Furkan
Karabag walked away with a TKO against Japan’s Hiroyuki
Ihara at 2:14 in the first round of their 152-pound catchweight
muay thai affair; Rak Erawan
returned to winning ways with a knockout against Shuto Sato
at 1:19 in the second frame of their 116-pound catchweight muay
thai bout; Rifdean Masdor put on a dominant showing in his ONE
debut, scoring a TKO against Pichai Lookbanmai 1:18 into the first
frame of their 112-pound catchweight muay thai clash; Sonrak
Fairtex bounced back from a four-fight losing skid by scoring a
knockout victory 13 seconds into the second frame of his flyweight
muay thai meeting with Masaya
Katsuno; and Kaenlek
Sor Chokmeechai opened the card with a vicious knockout against
Ryuto
Oinuma just 2:21 into the first stanza of their 118-pound
catchweight muay thai contest.