ONE Fight Night 22

ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova
The poster for ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova
Promotion	ONE Championship
Date	May 4, 2024 (2024-May-04)
Venue	Lumpinee Boxing Stadium
City	Bangkok, Thailand
Event chronology
ONE Friday Fights 61: Phetsukumvit vs. Duangsompong ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova ONE Friday Fights 62: Mongkolkaew vs. ET 2

ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on May 4, 2024, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.^[1][2][3]

Background

A ONE Women's Strawweight Muay Thai World Championship bout between current champion Smilla Sundell and Natalia Diachkova headlined the event.^[4] At the weigh-ins, Sundell came in at 126.5 lb (after coming in at 127.7 lb in for an unofficial check two and a half hours into the weigh-ins), 1.5 pounds over the strawweight limit for a title fight. As a result, Sundell was stripped of the title and only Diachkova was eligible to win it.^[5]

Former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion Hiroki Akimoto made his return after a 1-year and 5-month hiatus against former K-1 Lightweight Champion and promotional newcomer Wei Rui in a bantamweight kickboxing bout.^[6]

At the weigh-ins, Maurice Abévi weighed in at 174 pounds, four pound over the lightweight limit. His bout proceeded at catchweight and he was fined a percent of his purse which went to his opponent The Ultimate Fighter: China welterweight winner Zhang Lipeng.^[7]

Results

Fight card (Amazon Prime Video)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Women's Strawweight Muay Thai	Smilla Sundell	def.	Natalia Diachkova	TKO (punches to the body and knees)	2	2:59	[a]
Featherweight	Akbar Abdullaev	def.	Halil Amir	KO (punches)	2	2:52
Lightweight Muay Thai	Dmitry Menshikov	def.	Sinsamut Klinmee	KO (knees and punch to the body)	3	1:33
Lightweight	Maurice Abévi	def.	Zhang Lipeng	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	[b]
Bantamweight Kickboxing	Wei Rui	def.	Hiroki Akimoto	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Flyweight	Reece McLaren	def.	Hu Yong	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Lightweight Kickboxing	Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong	def.	Bogdan Shumarov	Decision (split)	3	3:00
Women's Atomweight	Chihiro Sawada	def.	Noelle Grandjean	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Strawweight Muay Thai	Zakaria El Jamari	def.	Thongpoon P.K.Saenchai	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Catchweight (132 lb) Submission Grappling	Bianca Basílio	def.	Nanami Ichikawa	Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	0:35
Flyweight Muay Thai	Sean Climaco	def.	Josue Cruz	KO (punch)	1	2:06

1. For the vacant ONE Women's Strawweight Muay Thai World Championship (as Sundell missed weight and was stripped the title, only Diachkova was eligible).
2. Abévi missed weight (174 lb).

^[8]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.^[9]

• Performance of the Night: Akbar Abdullaev

See also

• 2024 in ONE Championship
• List of ONE Championship events
• List of current ONE fighters
• ONE Championship Rankings

References

1. "Smilla Sundell To Defend Muay Thai World Title Against Natalia Diachkova At ONE Fight Night 22 On May 3". ONE Championship – The Home Of Martial Arts. 2024-04-03. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
2. "Smilla Sundell and Natalia Diachkova title bout to headline ONE Fight Night 22". Fight Record. 2024-04-03. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
3. "Smilla Sundell faces Natalia Diachkova at ONE Fight Night 22". Asian MMA. 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
4. "ONE Championship: Smilla Sundell to make second defence of her strawweight Muay Thai title against Natalia Diachkova". South China Morning Post. 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
5. "ONE Championship: Smilla Sundell misses weight, loses strawweight Muay Thai title on the scale". www.sportskeeda.com. 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
6. "【ONE】秋元皓貴が中国人初K-1王者ウェイ・ルイと対戦「本当にたくさん試合を待ちました」＝5月4日『ONE Fight Night 22』ルンピニー". gonkaku.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
7. "ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova weigh-in results and video". Combat Press. 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
8. "ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova". ONE Championship – The Home Of Martial Arts. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
9. Joseph, Mike (2024-05-04). "ONE Fight Night 22 Results: Smilla Sundell Folds Natalia Diachkova, Abdullaev Shocks Amir". myKhel.com. Retrieved 2024-05-04.