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February 26, 2021
The first event in the One Championship “Fists of Fury” trilogy saw
most of the fights go the distance.
In the “Fists of Fury” main event, Ilias Ennahachi put his flyweight
kickboxing title on the line against Superlek Kiatmoo9. The
defending champion took his time to study his opponent in the first
round. Superlek had some issues with steadiness early in the first
frame as he slipped on the canvas a few times, which may have
contributed an accidental groin strike from a back kick. After
apologizing, Superlek kept kicking his opponent’s left side, but it
was not enough to slow Ennahachi’s offense. The second round saw
Ennahachi going in and out with his flashy combinations as his
opponent resorted to his kicks.
The third round was arguably the best for the challenger, whose
gameplan started paying dividends as Ennahachi slowed his pace
down. The Dutch-Moroccan kickboxer escaped from his opponent’s fury
with savvy footwork across the cage. In the fourth stanza, Superlek
kept chasing his opponent with his aggressive kicks that were
largely blocked, all while Ennahachi retaliated with some
combinations of his own. After a close fifth round, the match went
to the judges’ scorecards, who rewarded Ennahachi with a unanimous
decision victory and his second successful title defense.
In the co-main event, Italy’s Giorgio Petrosyan once more showcased
his surgical striking at the expense of Davit Kiria. The two
fighters had previously met at Glory 3 in 2012, where “The Doctor”
outpointed his Georgian opponent. Years may have passed, but the
result was the same. After taking a hard left hook early in the
first frame, Petrosyan made a few adjustments and started scoring
with his combinations using punches and knees.
Kiria swung wildly with power punches in the second and third
round, but Petrosyan frustrated his opponent by making his best
shots miss. Whenever Kiria came out overly aggressive, Petrosyan
stalled the action with the clinching game. The Italian fighter
looked for a finish that never arrived, but ultimately took home a
unanimous decision victory.
Elsewhere, current One flyweight muay Thai titleholder Rodtang
Jitmuangnon tested himself in kickboxing for the first time against
Tagir Khalilov. After three full rounds of action, Rodtang edged
his opponent by a narrow decision, and used the opportunity on the
microphone to ask for a shot at Ennahachi’s belt.
Earlier on the card that night, Hiroki Akimoto upended Zhang
Chenglong on the scorecards in their kickboxing rematch in One’s
bantamweight division; Jackie Buntan outpointed Wondergirl Fairtex
en route to a unanimous decision, after knocking down her opponent
in the first round of their One strawweight muay Thai clash.
16-year-old phenom Victoria Lee does her
family proud, submitting Sunisa Srisen in her ONE debut!
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February 26, 2021
The card also featured the professional debut of Victoria
Lee (1-0), who submitted Sunisa Srisen (4-2) in the lone MMA
match of the evening. After conceding a few punches on the feet in
the opening stanza, the youngest of the Lee family found her pace
and moved the action on the mat. Lee dominated her opponent thanks
to her BJJ skills, and came close to securing a rear-naked choke in
the second half of the round.
The second round saw “The Prodigy” become more comfortable in her
striking game. Shortly after the first minute elapsed, Lee took her
opponent down, immediately jumped on her back and sank in a
submission attempt. The 16-year-old forced Srisen to tap to a
rear-naked choke seconds later, with an official stoppage time of
1:03.