ONE: Lights Out lived as much as its billing with some improbable fights, and ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong was clearly impressed with the performances of his athletes.
5 fighters had been awarded the US$50,000 prize, reaching the utmost of US$250,000 for the primary time for the reason that promotion introduced the awarding of efficiency bonuses.
Thanh Le, John Lineker, Zhang Peimian, Iman Barlow, and Liam Nolan had been all rewarded for his or her spectacular performances on the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday night time.
Nolan earned his bonus with a barrage of knees that led to a first-round TKO win over promotional newcomer Kim Kyung Lock.
Barlow adopted it up with a first-round TKO in her first match in ONE Championship. The multi-time Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion landed a cracking downward elbow on Daniela Lopez’s nostril that brought about the TKO on the 1:39 mark of the primary spherical.
Later, Peimian opened the primary card with a putting clinic towards Josh Tonna to introduce himself to followers of ONE Championship in an enormous approach. ‘The Combating Rooster’ pushed the tempo and finally knocked Tonna out with a left hook to the physique within the second spherical.
Within the co-main occasion, Lineker shocked the world with a surprising knockout of Bibiano Fernandes within the second spherical of their heated encounter. ‘Arms of Stone’ justified his nickname and was topped the brand new ONE bantamweight world champion.
Lastly, Thanh Le capped off the night time of stoppages with a first-round knockout in the primary occasion of ONE: Lights Out. Le masterfully prevented any hazard from Garry Tonon’s leg locks and turned the lights out on his opponent with superbly positioned punches.
ONE: Lights Out sees 9 out of 10 bouts ending earlier than the ultimate bell
There has maybe been no battle card extra appropriately named than ONE: Lights Out, the place 9 out of 10 bouts didn’t attain the judges’ scorecards.
Whereas the 5 winners of the efficiency bonus deserved each little bit of it, 4 different fighters scored spectacular finishes that had been arguably bonus-worthy.
Eko Roni Saputra took his first-round stoppage wins to 6 as he pressured Chan Rothana to faucet in simply 94 seconds to shut out the lead card on a excessive word.
Later, Adrian Mattheis received a win over his idol, Alex Silva, after the referee stopped the competition simply 5 seconds into the second spherical of their encounter.
Kickboxing heavyweight Iraj Azizpour adopted up that efficiency with a come-from-behind knockout of promotional newcomer Ismael Londt within the second spherical of their match.
Lastly, Martin Nguyen returned to successful methods with a sensational efficiency towards one other debuting fighter in Ukraine’s Kirill Gorobets.