ONE Fight Night 23

ONE Fight Night 23: Ok vs. Rasulov
The poster for ONE Fight Night 23: Ok vs. Rasulov
PromotionONE Championship
DateJuly 6, 2024 (2024-July-06)
VenueLumpinee Boxing Stadium
CityBangkok, Thailand
Event chronology
ONE Friday Fights 69: Kulabdam vs. Anane ONE Fight Night 23: Ok vs. Rasulov ONE Friday Fights 70: Focus vs. Irvine

ONE Fight Night 23: Ok vs. Rasulov was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on July 6, 2024, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.[1][2]

Background

The event was expected to headlined by an inaugural ONE Women's Strawweight Kickboxing World Championship bout between Jackie Buntan and former two-time Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Champion Anissa Meksen.[3] However, Buntan pulled out due to injury and the bout was cancelled.[4]

The new headliner for this event was an interim ONE Lightweight World Championship bout between former champion Ok Rae-yoon and undefeated Alibeg Rasulov.[5] However at the weigh-ins, Rasulov failed multiple attempts to pass hydration and was ineligible for the title, only Ok was eligible to win it.[6]

A bantamweight kickboxing bout between former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champions Petchtanong Petchfergus and Alaverdi Ramazanov was scheduled for this event.[7] However, the bout was relocated at ONE Friday Fights 68 in a week earlier for undisclosed reasons.[8]

At the weigh-ins, four fighters missed weight:

  • Both fighter missed weight between: Ali Saldoev at 139.25 pounds and Black Panther VenumMuayThai at 135.25 pounds, 4.25 pound and 0.25 pound over the flyweight fight limit, respectively.
  • Aliff Sor.Dechaphan weighed in at 125.75 pounds, 0.75 pound over the strawweight limit.
  • Alexey Balyko weighed in at 151.5 pounds, 6.5 pound over the bantamweight limit.

All threes bouts proceeded at catchweight. Each fighters was fined 30% of his purse which went to their opponents Ellis Badr Barboza and István Ștefan Kóródi respectively (except between Saldoev and Black Panther was not fined of his purse).[9][10]

Results

Fight card (Amazon Prime Video)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Alibeg Rasulov def. Ok Rae-yoon Decision (unanimous) 5 5:00 [a]
Bantamweight Muay Thai Nico Carrillo def. Saemapetch Fairtex TKO (punches) 2 2:03
Catchweight (186 lb) Submission Grappling Tye Ruotolo def. Jozef Chen Decision (unanimous) 1 10:00
Heavyweight Kirill Grishenko def. Kang Ji-won Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Featherweight Muay Thai Bampara Kouyate def. Luke Lessei KO (punch) 3 2:08
Flyweight Tatsumitsu Wada def. Xie Wei Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Flyweight Muay Thai Black Panther VenumMuayThai def. Ali Saldoev KO (head kick) 2 0:23 [b]
Strawweight Hiroba Minowa def. Jeremy Miado Decision (split) 3 5:00
Strawweight Muay Thai Ellis Badr Barboza def. Aliff Sor.Dechaphan Decision (split) 3 3:00 [c]
Heavyweight Kickboxing Oumar Kane def. Mamadou Kamara KO (punches) 1 2:08
Bantamweight Muay Thai Alexey Balyko def. István Ștefan Kóródi KO (punch) 1 2:42 [d]
  1. ^ For the interim ONE Lightweight World Championship. Rasulov failed hydration test and was ineligible for the title.
  2. ^ Both fighter missed weight: Saldoev (139.25 lb) and Black Panther (135.25 lb).
  3. ^ Aliff missed weight (125.75 lb).
  4. ^ Balyko missed weight (151.5 lb).

[11]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[12]

  • Performance of the Night: Nico Carrillo

See also

References

  1. ^ "Anissa Meksen To Face Jackie Buntan For Inaugural Women's Strawweight Kickboxing World Title At ONE Fight Night 23". ONE Championship – The Home Of Martial Arts. 2024-04-27. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  2. ^ "Official: Fil-Am Jackie Buntan to fight for inaugural Strawweight Kickboxing world title at ONE Fight Night 23". One Sports PH. 2024-04-27. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  3. ^ Sherdog.com. "Anissa Meksen, Jackie Buntan to Vie for ONE Women's 125-Pound KB Belt on July 5". Sherdog. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  4. ^ "Ok Rae Yoon vs. Alibeg Rasulov Now Set to Headline ONE Fight Night 23 For Interim Lightweight MMA World Title". ONE Championship – The Home Of Martial Arts. 2024-06-21. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  5. ^ Law, Eddie (2024-06-20). "ONE FN 23 Headlined By Ok Rae Yoon vs. Alibeg Rasulov, Winner Gets Lee". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  6. ^ "ONE Championship Fight Night 23 main event shakeup after weight miss; only Ok Rae Yoon can win interim MMA title". www.sportskeeda.com. 2024-07-04. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  7. ^ "ONE Championship: Petchtanong Banchamek, Alaverdi Ramazanov face off after returning from bans with title shot in view". South China Morning Post. 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  8. ^ "ONE ลุมพินี : เพชรทนง เพชรเฟอร์กัส vs อลาเวอร์ดี รามาซานอฟ ศึก ONE ลุมพินี 68". www.ch7.com (in Thai). 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  9. ^ "ผลชั่งน้ำหนักและวัดระดับน้ำ ศึก ONE Fight Night 23: เร ยุน vs อาลิเบก". ONE Championship – The Home Of Martial Arts (in Thai). 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  10. ^ "ONE Fight Night 23: Ok vs. Rasulov Weigh-In Results and Video". Combat Press. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  11. ^ "ONE Fight Night 23: Ok vs. Rasulov". ONE Championship – The Home of Martial Arts. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  12. ^ Joseph, Mike (2024-07-06). "ONE Fight Night 23 Results: Alibeg Rasulov Outlasts Ok Rae Yoon, Nico Carrillo Crushes Saemapetch". myKhel.com. Retrieved 2024-07-06.