ONE Championship returned to the legendary Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok for ONE Fight Night 32 on Prime Video.
In the main event of the evening, Nakrob Fairtex and Jaosuayai stepped inside the ring for a high-stakes flyweight Muay Thai clash with major title implications at play. But first, fight fans were treated to a series of exciting scraps featuring some of the promotion’s most highly-touted prospects in MMA and the art of eight limbs.
Kicking things off was a 140-pound catchweight Muay Thai showdown between Russian standout Tagir Khalilov and China’s Liao Shixu. After three intense rounds of back-and-forth action, it was Khalilov who came out on top, landing a unanimous decision victory and snapping a two-fight losing skid.
In the second fight of the evening, Dzabir Dzabrailov improved his record to 6-0 with a dominant opening-round destruction of Argentina’s Nicolas Vigna. Dzabrailov came out firing on all cylinders and forced referee Herb Dean to step in and call for the stoppage less than two minutes into the first.
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Next up, American standout Arian Esparza scored perhaps the biggest upset on the night, knocking down Ricardo Bravo and handing the Argentinian his first loss in the art of eight limbs under the ONE banner. With the unanimous decision win, Esparza picked up his first promotional victory while simultaneously snapping Bravo’s three-fight Muay Thai win streak.
In a battle of unbeaten Russians, Ibragim Dauev kept his ‘O’ intact via a split decision victory over Magomed Akaev. With the win, Dauev improved his overall record to 10-0, including back-to-back wins in ONE Championship.
Full ONE Fight Night 32 early results from Bangkok
Tagir Khalilov defeated Liao Shixu via unanimous decision (Muay Thai - 140 pound catchweight)
Dzhabir Dzabrailov defeated Nicolas Vigna via TKO (ground and pound) at 1:43 of round one (MMA - lightweight)
Arian Esparza defeated Ricardo Bravo via unanimous decision (Muay Thai - featherweight)
Magomed Akaev defeated Ibragim Dauev via split decision (MMA - featherweight)