ONE Fight Night 7: Tawanchai PK Saenchai on Beating Jamal Yusupov

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February 25, 2023 – Bangkok, Thailand: ONE Championship™ (ONE) continued its historic run at the iconic Lumpinee Boxing Stadium with ONE Fight Night 7: Lineker vs. Andrade II. The event featured a showcase of MMA, kickboxing, Muay Thai, and submission grappling, punctuated by two massive World Title fights.

In the main event,-ranked bantamweight contender Fabricio Andrade powered through Brazilian countryman and-ranked John Lineker, winning by technical knockout to capture the vacant ONE Bantamweight World Title.

In the co-main event, ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Champion Tawanchai PK Saenchai made quick work of-ranked Jamal Yusupov to successfully defend his gold. It took just 49 seconds for the Thai megastar to get the job done. A crushing kick to the thigh had the challenger limping in obvious pain. Referee Olivier Coste deemed Yusupov unfit to continue, thus awarding Tawanchai the TKO victory.

Former two-division ONE World Champion Martin Nguyen flashed shades of his vintage form, torching Leonardo Casotti with his striking-heavy approach from bell to bell. The-ranked featherweight offered a wide variety of offense right off the bat, catching Casotti with a jumping knee and consistently landing solid punching combinations. Although Casotti would have his moments in the second round, Nguyen pulled away with clean counterpunching and a crucial takedown in the final stanza. In the end, all three judges scored the bout in favor of Nguyen to win by unanimous decision.

American BJJ phenom Danielle Kelly figured in her toughest test yet in ONE Championship against former ONE Women’s Strawweight World Title challenger Ayaka Miura. Miura pressured Kelly early, breaking the American’s rhythm in the opening minutes. The Japanese MMA fighter secured her signature “Ayaka Lock,” but Kelly powered herself out of the predicament. The Philadelphia native then clawed her way back in the latter half of the contest, taking Miura’s back and nearly completing a rear-naked choke. After time expired, Kelly came away with the unanimous decision win.

Performance bonus winners: Tawanchai PK Saenchai (US$50,000), Tommy Langaker (US$50,000)

ONE Fight Night 7 Complete Results

MMA – Bantamweight: Fabricio Andrade def. John Lineker via TKO at 5:00 of R4

Muay Thai – Featherweight: Tawanchai PK Saenchai def. Jamal Yusupov via TKO at 0:49 of R1

MMA – Featherweight: Martin Nguyen def. Leonardo Casotti via Unanimous Decision

Kickboxing – Bantamweight: Saemapetch Fairtex def. Zhang Chenglong via Unanimous Decision

MMA – Flyweight: Danny Kingad def. Eko Roni Saputra via Unanimous Decision

Submission Grappling – Atomweight: Danielle Kelly def. Ayaka Miura via Unanimous Decision

Kickboxing – Light Heavyweight: Francesko Xhaja def. Andrei Stoica via Split Decision

MMA – Atomweight: Victoria Souza def. Linda Darrow via Unanimous Decision

Submission Grappling – Lightweight: Tommy Langaker def. Uali Kurzhev via Submission (Heel Hook) at 2:58 of R1

MMA – Strawweight: Adrian Mattheis def. Zelang Zhaxi via TKO (Strikes) at 0:57 of R2