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ONE Fight Night 23: Reug Reug on Beating Boucher Ketchup, Anatoly Malykhin
ONE Fight Night 23: Reug Reug on Beating Boucher Ketchup, Anatoly Malykhin!
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Footage courtesy of and provided by ONE Championship to The Sports Courier – TSC News for our media coverage. Oumar Kane aka Reug Reug discusses his KO win over Boucher Ketchup in a bizarre fight at ONE Fight Night 23!
ONE Fight Night 23: Ok vs. Rasulov Complete Results
Alibeg Rasulov defeats Ok Rae Yoon via unanimous decision (MMA – lightweight)
Nico Carrillo defeats Saemapetch Fairtex via TKO (3 knockdown rule) at round two (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
Tye Ruotolo defeats Jozef Chen via unanimous decision (submission grappling – catchweight 186 lbs)
Kirill Grishenko defeats Kang Ji Won via unanimous decision (MMA – heavyweight)
Bampara Kouyate defeats Luke Lessei via TKO (referee stoppage – right uppercut) at round three (Muay Thai – featherweight)
Tatsumitsu Wada defeats Xie Wei via unanimous decision (MMA – flyweight)
Black Panther defeats Ali Saldoev via KO (right high kick) at round two (Muay Thai – catchweight 139.25 lbs)
Hiroba Minowa defeats Jeremy Miado via split decision (MMA – strawweight)
Ellis Badr Barboza defeats Aliff via split decision (Muay Thai – catchweight 125.75 lbs)
Oumar Kane defeats Boucher Ketchup via KO (left straight) at round one (kickboxing – heavyweight)
Alexey Balyko defeats Stefan Korodi via KO (left hook) at round one (Muay Thai – catchweight 151.50 lbs)
Performance bonus winners:
- Nico Carrillo (US$50,000)
Oumar ‘Reug Reug’ Kane:
On animosity between him and Ketchup:
Yes, but this is [just a] fight. In a fight, you come in hungry. And this is a fight. You come in [here] all the time and you’re hungry. You just gotta beat this guy. He’s talking too much, this guy, since [before] the fight.
How happy are you with your performance tonight?
[It’s] good. I’m happy. I’m happy for ONE Championship for giving me the fight. I’m very, very happy.
On Boucher Ketchup:
This fight finished only in the first round, but this guy has a [big following] in Senegal. Everybody knows this guy. He’s a good guy. He has good wrestling in Senegal. But this guy is not [at] a high level. Everybody should know this guy is, [we’re not on the] same high level. My boxing is much better now.
On how ready he is for his bout with Anatoly Malykhin in the U.S.A:
It’s the same for me, in my mind. This guy was talking too much. Inshallah, I beat this guy easily.
On his prediction on his upcoming fight at ONE 169:
I win! Maybe punch him, maybe high kick, anything. Maybe [with my] wrestling, maybe jiu-jitsu. This is MMA, it’s up to Malykhin, anything [can happen] in MMA.
ONE Fight Night 23 results and event facts
- Date: July 6, 2024
- Venue: Lumpinee Boxing Stadium
- City: Bangkok, Thailand
Results
- Alibeg Rasulov def. Ok Rae-yoon via Decision (unanimous) (Round 5, 5:00; Lightweight; for the interim ONE Lightweight World Championship. Rasulov failed hydration test and was ineligible for the title)
- Nico Carrillo def. Saemapetch Fairtex via TKO (punches) (Round 2, 2:03; Bantamweight Muay Thai)
- Tye Ruotolo def. Jozef Chen via Decision (unanimous) (Round 1, 10:00; Catchweight (186 lb) Submission Grappling)
- Kirill Grishenko def. Kang Ji-won via Decision (unanimous) (Round 3, 5:00; Heavyweight)
- Bampara Kouyate def. Luke Lessei via KO (punch) (Round 3, 2:08; Featherweight Muay Thai)
- Tatsumitsu Wada def. Xie Wei via Decision (unanimous) (Round 3, 5:00; Flyweight)
- Black Panther VenumMuayThai def. Ali Saldoev via KO (head kick) (Round 2, 0:23; Flyweight Muay Thai; Both fighter missed weight: Saldoev (139.25 lb) and Black Panther (135.25 lb))
- Hiroba Minowa def. Jeremy Miado via Decision (split) (Round 3, 5:00; Strawweight)
- Ellis Badr Barboza def. Aliff Sor.Dechaphan via Decision (split) (Round 3, 3:00; Strawweight Muay Thai; Aliff missed weight (125.75 lb))
- Oumar Kane def. Mamadou Kamara via KO (punches) (Round 1, 2:08; Heavyweight Kickboxing)
- Alexey Balyko def. István Ștefan Kóródi via KO (punch) (Round 1, 2:42; Bantamweight Muay Thai; Balyko missed weight (151.5 lb))
Title change: Alibeg Rasulov won the interim ONE Lightweight World Championship (title history).
Source: Wikipedia.org (adapted, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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