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Twelve fighters from three martial arts disciplines will step into the Circle and battle it out at ONE: NEXTGEN III on Friday, 26 November.
A few of these athletes can be making their organizational debuts, others can be competing in opposition to former opponents, and lots of of them can be searching for a primary or second shot at ONE Championship gold.
To get you hyped for all of the motion, we glance again at 5 of the most effective finishes from the celebs competing on the cardboard.
#1 Adiwang Bounces Again With Knockout Victory
Lito “Thunder Child” Adiwang scored 5 straight wins throughout ONE Warrior Collection and ONE’s fundamental roster earlier than struggling his first loss within the group final yr. Nevertheless, he shortly overcame that setback in his subsequent outing.
Three months after falling to Shooto Champion Hiroba Minowa, the Filipino combined martial artist confronted Namiki Kawahara at ONE: UNBREAKABLE this previous January. Kawahara was coming off two wins in Japan’s Deep – each through end – and lots of thought he’d rating a breakout win over Adiwang in his ONE debut.
“Thunder Child” proved to be the slicker striker, although, and he completed Kawahara within the second spherical with a left hook that lifted the Japanese athlete off his toes.
Now, he’s scheduled to face Jarred “The Monkey God” Brooks in the primary occasion of ONE: NEXTGEN III. The brash American is 16-2 (1 NC) and can undoubtedly current Adiwang’s hardest problem up to now.
#2 Ramazanov Stuns With First-Spherical Win
Alaverdi “Babyface Killer” Ramazanov set himself up for a shot on the inaugural ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title with a frantic foray in opposition to an skilled opponent.
At ONE: DREAMS OF GOLD in August 2019, Ramazanov defeated skilled tactician Ognjen Matter in a ONE Tremendous Collection Muay Thai bout that lasted lower than three minutes.
The primary-round end got here by means of TKO, as “Babyface Killer” flustered the Serbian-Armenian with push kicks to the face after which hammered residence the victory with punches to report three knockdowns in a single spherical.
From there, Ramazanov went on to win the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title however later misplaced it to Capitan Petchyindee Academy.
The Russian, nevertheless, is now returning to Muay Thai to defend his #5 contender spot in opposition to crowd-pleasing Thai striker Pongsiri PK.Saenchai Muaythaigym within the co-main occasion of ONE: NEXTGEN III.
#3 Silva Secures Slick Submission
On the identical evening that Ramazanov claimed his victory on the ft, #4-ranked strawweight combined martial arts contender Alex “Little Rock” Silva scored the seventh submission win of his storied profession in opposition to a fellow wrestling ace.
Silva battled Indonesia’s Stefer “The Lion” Rahardian, and the matchup was nothing in need of a spectacular grappling clinic. Rahardian did his greatest to defend “Little Rock’s” submissions, which got here from all angles and intensities.
Within the second stanza, although, Silva slapped on an armbar that pressured Rahardian to faucet with simply 5 seconds left within the spherical.
The Brazilian – a former ONE Strawweight World Champion – hopes to climb the divisional mountain as soon as once more, and he’ll must get previous outdated foe Rene “The Challenger” Catalan, whom he defeated through armbar in 2013.
#4 Catalan TKOs Former World Champion
After shedding his first profession combined martial arts combat to Silva, former Wushu World Champion Rene Catalan conquered lots of the strawweight division’s high athletes – one among whom was an ex-titleholder.
Catalan confronted former ONE Strawweight World Champion Yoshitaka “Nobita” Naito at ONE: REIGN OF VALOR in March 2019 and handed the Japanese athlete the primary – and solely – TKO lack of his profession.
The top started in spherical one when Naito tried a takedown. Catalan stuffed the shot and took management earlier than dropping a barrage of hammerfists on “Nobita,” which ultimately pressured the referee to cease the combat.
Catalan will now look to indicate Silva that he’s grown tremendously since their first assembly. And by beating his former tormentor, he may earn one other crack at divisional king Joshua “The Ardour” Pacio.
#5 Rodlek Scores Stroll-Off KO
After “The Metal Locomotive” Rodlek PK.Saenchai Muaythaigym efficiently ran by way of one of many United Kingdom’s most prestigious Muay Thai fighters in Liam “The Hitman” Harrison, he turned his consideration to a different of the sovereign nation’s very good strikers.
Rodlek took on Andrew “Maddog Fairtex” Miller at ONE: DAWN OF HEROES in August 2019, and he shook up the Scottish Muay Thai fighter’s profession with a third-round KO end.
After two rounds of exhausting placing on the skin, the boys fought from contained in the pocket in spherical three, and Rodlek caught Miller with a proper hook that dropped him the place he stood.
“The Metal Locomotive” will now step again contained in the Circle to face Felipe “Demolition Man” Lobo within the curtain-raiser of ONE: NEXTGEN III.
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