ONE Fight Night 43 Muay Thai And Kickboxing Results: Petchtanong Edges Out Woolliss, Ortikov Finishes Estupinan

After three rounds of technical striking action, Petchtanong earned the unanimous decision victory to extend his staggering record to 360-57.

Ortikov Stays Perfect With Devastating Second-Round Stoppage

Aslamjon “El Pantera” Ortikov kept his flawless record intact, finishing Colombia’s Jordan “Panda Kick” Estupinan via TKO at 2:06 of round two in their flyweight Muay Thai clash.

Both 23-year-old strikers stood opposite each other in the first, trading punches and low kicks in what looked like a dead-even exchange. Ortikov, however, appeared just a step ahead, as he countered with greater accuracy and timing.

The Uzbek dynamo came out with a clear head and sharp eyes in the second frame. A left hand from inside the clinch dropped the Colombian for the first knockdown of the contest.

Estupinan beat the count, but a four-hook combination sent him to the canvas once again. The Team JC Fernandez product showed tremendous heart to rise once more from the second eight-count, but Ortikov blasted him with another four-hook barrage. The referee had seen enough, so he intervened and waved off the action.

The finish moved Ortikov’s career record to a pristine 24-0, and it may have secured him a crack at the vacant ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Title.

Nontachai Grinds Out Lobo

Road to ONE: Thailand Champion Nontachai Jitmuangnon improved to 53-22 after he edged out Felipe “Demolition Man” Lobo by unanimous decision in a hard-fought bantamweight Muay Thai clash.

The Jitmuangnon Gym product traded low kicks with the Brazilian early in the opening round, and then he sneakily connected with overhand rights that shook Lobo up. The “Demolition Man” used the ring to avoid further damage, but the Thai tracked him around the canvas, welting his legs with each pass.

Nontachai swarmed in the second frame, walking through his opponent’s best punches to get inside the clinch and sting him with knees. Lobo dug deep on the outside, however, and he uncorked punches that damaged the Thai and kept the round competitive.

The 27-year-old came back out in the third looking to drown his rival in the clinch again, but Lobo broke free and cracked him with a right hand that slowed him down. The 33-year-old Brazilian ripped hooks into Nontachai’s body, and the Thai almost took a knee. Ultimately, he hung tough and survived to the final bell.

In the end, Nontachai did enough in the early stages of the fight to claim the decision win and keep himself on the radar in the bantamweight Muay Thai division, which is currently ruled by Rambolek Chor Ajalaboon.

Luo Ends Souza’s Unbeaten Run With Split Decision

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Luo Chao snapped Denis Souza Jr.’s 16-fight winning streak in his ONE Championship return with a gritty split-decision victory in their featherweight kickboxing clash.

The 25-year-old Chinese star, who was previously a mainstay on ONE Hero Series, popped jabs and straight rights at his Brazilian rival early in the first round, and then he started attacking with thunderous calf kicks. But Luo’s immense output began to tire him late in the stanza, allowing the Brazilian to rally back and cap the excitement with a jumping knee.

Volume was again the word in the second frame, as Luo weaved together combinations that had Souza adjusting his mouthpiece. The 28-year-old Vila Velha native settled into the round and retaliated with sharp three-piece combos punctuated by low kicks, which slowed the Chinese fighter’s rhythm.

Both men entered the third and final stanza dead even. Luo closed the distance and battled hard on the inside with body shots, but Souza spun into back kicks that sent his 25-year-old adversary stumbling backward.

In the end, the judges narrowly favored Luo, who nudged his career record to 43-11.

Dominczak Dominates Former ONE World Title Challenger Persson

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WMC Muay Thai World Champion Martyna Dominczak opened ONE Fight Night 43 with a statement performance, outclassing former ONE Women’s Atomweight Muay Thai World Title challenger Johanna Persson by unanimous decision.

Dominczak, who represents Legion Glogow, controlled both the inside and outside game in the first stanza of the atomweight Muay Thai clash. The 24-year-old Polish striker opened with push kicks to the face, and she later unloaded boxing combinations and slithered into the clinch to work her knees.

Persson, a WBC Muay Thai World Champion, pushed forward in the second frame, but she kept walking into left hooks that sent her sideways. Dominczak folded her over with push kicks again, and her hand combinations overwhelmed the 31-year-old Swede whenever she tried to mount a response.

The Polish rising star carried her edge into the third and final round, cross-facing her rival in the clinch and driving knees into her ribs, even as Persson made things more competitive with punch and elbow combinations.

After falling in her last bout to ONE Women’s Atomweight Kickboxing World Champion “The Queen” Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom last December, Dominczak returned to the win column in style and improved her career record to 8-2.

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