September 20, 2024

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Chatri Sityodtong fingers out 5 US$50,000 bonuses at ONE: Lighting Out

ONE: Lighting Out lived as much as its billing with some implausible fights, and ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong was once obviously inspired with the performances of his athletes.

5 warring parties have been awarded the United States$50,000 prize, achieving 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 have been all rewarded for his or her impressive performances on the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday night time.

Nolan earned his bonus with a barrage of knees that resulted in a first-round TKO win over promotional newcomer Kim Kyung Lock.

Barlow adopted it up with a first-round TKO in her first fit in ONE Championship. The multi-time Muay Thai and kickboxing international champion landed a cracking downward elbow on Daniela Lopez’s nostril that brought about the TKO on the 1:39 mark of the primary around.

Later, Peimian opened the principle card with a putting medical institution towards Josh Tonna to introduce himself to lovers of ONE Championship in a large means. ‘The Combating Chicken’ driven the tempo and in the long run knocked Tonna out with a left hook to the frame in the second one around.

Within the co-main tournament, Lineker surprised the sector with a shocking knockout of Bibiano Fernandes in the second one around in their heated come across. ‘Arms of Stone’ justified his nickname and was once topped the brand new ONE bantamweight international champion.

In the end, Thanh Le capped off the night time of stoppages with a first-round knockout in the principle tournament of ONE: Lighting Out. Le masterfully have shyed away from any threat from Garry Tonon’s leg locks and became the lighting fixtures out on his opponent with fantastically positioned punches.

ONE: Lighting Out sees 9 out of 10 bouts finishing ahead of the general bell

There has most likely been no struggle card extra accurately named than ONE: Lighting Out, the place 9 out of 10 bouts didn’t achieve the judges’ scorecards.

Whilst the 5 winners of the efficiency bonus deserved each and every little bit of it, 4 different warring parties scored spectacular finishes that have been arguably bonus-worthy.

Eko Roni Saputra took his first-round stoppage wins to 6 as he compelled Chan Rothana to faucet in simply 94 seconds to near out the lead card on a prime be aware.

Later, Adrian Mattheis were given a win over his idol, Alex Silva, after the referee stopped the competition simply 5 seconds into the second one around in their come across.

Kickboxing heavyweight Iraj Azizpour adopted up that efficiency with a come-from-behind knockout of promotional newcomer Ismael Londt in the second one around in their fit.

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