WHAT A FINISH
Sam-A knocks out Josh Tonna in the second round to retain the ONE
Strawweight Muay Thai World Title!
#ReignOfDynasties
#WeAreONE
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October 9, 2020
One Championship returned to Singapore with a
solid MMA card and a muay Thai title on the line in the main
event.
One: Reign of Dynasties was headlined by a strawweight
championship clash pitting Sam-A Gaiyanghadao against Josh Tonna.
It took one round to Sam-A to figure Tonna out, as the opening
stanza developed at a slower pace than expected. In the second
round, the Thai champion pressed on the accelerator and dropped his
opponent three times. The final count came after a series of
devastating combinations that mixed punches in with head kicks. The
bout’s official end came at the 2:30 mark, courtesy of the
promotion’s muay Thai three knockdown rule.
Reece “Lightning” McLaren finishes Aleksi
Toivonen with a DEVASTATING knee to the body! @ReeceMclaren91
#ReignOfDynasties
#WeAreONE
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October 9, 2020
In the co-main event, Reece
McLaren (14-7) ripped off a first-round knee knockout victory
at the expense of Aleksi
Toivonen (7-1). McLaren attempted to move the action on the
floor as soon as the contest started, but Toivonen blocked his
opponent’s initial takedown attempt. Forced to fight on the feet,
“Lightning” showed off surgical striking that forced Toivonen to
defend himself with his back against the fence. At the beginning of
the fourth minute, McLaren dropped his opponent with a vicious
overhand right. Even though Toivonen seemed to have recovered from
the shot and bounced back on the feet immediately, he couldn’t
escape from McLaren’s relentless pressure. The Australian fighter
found the decisive strike with a knee to the body that folded
Toivonen. Referee Mohamad Sulaiman had no choice but to stop the
match at the 4:18 mark.
In a lightweight affair, Amir Khan
(13-7) smashed Rahul K.
Raju (7-5) in the opening frame. Khan struggled with his
opponent’s wrestling initially, but he changed the course of the
battle after landing a violent elbow that knocked down his
opponent. Khan forced the referee to intervene at the 4:47 mark
after landing a few follow-up shots. In his post-fight interview,
the Singaporean fighter dedicated his victory to his father
suffering from stage IV cancer.
Elsewhere, Eko Roni
Saputra (3-1) tapped Murugan
Silvarajoo (3-2) with a slick keylock using his legs at 2:29 of
the first round; Getu Hexi
(7-3) edged
Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke (11-6) via split decision; and
Roshan
Mainam Luwang (5-2) submitted Pengshuai
Liu (6-5) at 2:27 of Round 2 via rear-naked choke.