Eight different fighters received performance bonuses after an action packed ONE Friday Fights 58 event. There were 12 bouts on the card at Lumpinee Stadium and only three of them went the distance.
Ferrari Fairtex was one only a few winners to walk away without the 350,000 bonus. But the 26 year old will still have been happy after making it four wins in a row on these shows.
Ferrari lost his first two fights on the series. The bantamweight has well and truly bounced back and subjected Mavlud Tupievβs left leg to sustained punishment to take a clear cut decision win.
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Three knockdowns
Rifdean Masdor was among the bonus winners. He needed just 78 seconds to blow away Pichai Lukbanmai in a catchweight fight which was set at 112lbs.
Pichai elected to go toe to toe with the Malaysian right from the get go and lived to regret it. Two hard knees to the head from the clinch put him down after 45 seconds.
As soon as the fight was restarted Rifdean landed a flying knee and followed it up with punches which put Pichai down for the second time. He beat the count but a left hook to the body saw him take a count for the third and final time.
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Undefeated Russian
In the only MMA fight of the night Changy Kara-Ool (5-0) finished Sanlang Gexi with just 35 seconds remaining in the second round of their strawweight fight. The Russian now has two stoppage wins in a row on these cards.
ONE Friday Fights 56, Bangkok, March 22nd
Ferrari Fairtex def. Mavlud Tupiev via Decision (Unanimous)
Puengluang Baanramba def. Dentungthong Singha Mawynn via Decision (Unanimous)
Jelte Blommaert def. Kritpetch PKSaenchaiym via TKO (Three knockdowns) at 1:26 of R2
Sanpetch Sor Salacheep def. Yodkritsada Sor Sommai via Decision (Unanimous)
Tonglampoon FAGroup def. Kongsurin Sor Jor Lekmuangnon via KO (Left hook) at 1:10 of R2
Prakaipetchlek EminentAir def. Petchniyom FAGroup via KO (Punch) at 1:52 of R1
Furkan KarabaΔ def. Hiroyuki Ihara via TKO (Three knockdowns) at 2:14 of R1
Rak Erawan def. Shuto Sato via KO (Left hook to the body) at 1:19 of R2
MMA: Changy Kara-Ool def. Sanlang Gexi via TKO (Punches) at 4:25 of R2
Rifdean Masdor def. Pichai Lukbanmai via TKO (Three knockdowns) at 1:18 of R1
Sonrak Fairtex def. Masaya Katsuno via KO (Straight left) at 0:16 of R2
Kaenlek Sor Chokmeechai def. Ryuto Oinuma via KO (Punches) at 2:21 of R1
