Jarred Brooks puts the ONE strawweight
division ON NOTICE by submitting Lito Adiwang in the second round!
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November 26, 2021
“The Monkey God” may be one to watch in One Championship’s 125-pound division.
The main event of “NextGen 3,” a tape-delayed event filmed at the
end of October, featured a clash between well-traveled vet Jarred
Brooks and divisional mainstay Lito
Adiwang at One’s strawweight division of 125 pounds. Brooks
(17-2, 1 NC; 1-0 One) landed his first takedown 20 seconds out of
the gate, pinning Adiwang (13-4, 7-2 One) with his back against the
mat for most of Round 1. “The Monkey God” landed a few shots from
on top, but remained content to rack up control time until Adiwang
eventually surged back to his feet. When both were upright again,
Adiwang targeted Brooks’ body with kicks, and set up punches from
those kicks including a solid uppercut to left hook combination
that punctuated the round.
The second frame began similarly to the first, with Brooks scoring
a double-leg takedown shortly after testing his standup. The
American worked from his opponent’s guard and landed some elbows,
forcing Adiwang to scramble. When the fighter out of the
Philippines burst back to his feet once more, Brooks snatched hold
of a guillotine choke. Adiwang managed to escape from the
submission attempt, and he went on to land some illegal low blows
shortly after the midpoint of the round. After recovering from the
shots, Brooks took his opponent down again with relative ease. This
time, there was no getting back up for Adiwang. Looking to finish
the job, Brooks snared Adiwang during a scramble with a tight
arm-triangle choke. Adiwang surrendered at 3:07 of Round 2, and
Brooks’ impressive victory over One’s fifth-ranked Adiwang firmly
announced his arrival to the remainder of the division.
Alaverdi “Babyface Killer” Ramazanov stuns
Pongsiri with a FIRST-ROUND KNOCKOUT!
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November 26, 2021
In the co-main event, former bantamweight kickboxing kingpin
Alaverdi
Ramazanov bounced back from his championship loss with a
first-round KO victory over Pongsiri PK. Saenchaimuaythaigym. The
5-foot-11 Russian came in with a significant height and reach
advantage, and he used it effectively from the early going.
Pongsiri was never able to get his distance, while Ramazanov found
his range and stunned Pongsiri with a two-piece combination.
Sending he had his foe on the proverbial ropes, “Babyface Killer”
immediately followed with a powerful uppercut that removed Pongsiri
of his faculties. Although he tried to gather himself, the Thai
stumbled, dropped to his knees and collapsed against the cage. The
referee called the official end of the One bantamweight (145
pounds) contest at 2:39 in the opening frame.
Elsewhere, former One strawweight titleholder Alex Silva
(11-6, 10-6 One) replicated the result he scored the first time he
faced Rene
Catalan (6-5, 1 NC; 6-5, 1 NC One) as he submitted his opponent
with an armbar at the 3:35 mark in the opening stanza; Panpayak
Jitmuangnon upended Daniel Puertas via unanimous decision in their
One flyweight kickboxing battle; Ruslan
Emilbek Uulu (13-1, 1-1 One) took a unanimous decision over
Pieter
Buist (16-6, 3-2 One) at One’s lightweight division; Felipe Lobo
outpointed Rodlek PK.Saenchai Muaythaigym on all three scorecards
in their bantamweight kickboxing card opener.