ONE 163: Akimoto vs. Petchtanong was a Combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on November 19, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.[1][2]
| ONE 163: Akimoto vs. Petchtanong | ||||
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 The poster for ONE 163: Akimoto vs. Petchtanong | ||||
| Promotion | ONE Championship | |||
| Date | November 19, 2022 | |||
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium | |||
| City | Kallang, Singapore | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
editA ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship bout between current champion Hiroki Akimoto and Petchtanong Petchfergus served as the event headliner.[1]
The ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Tournament Final bout between current ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion Roman Kryklia and Iraj Azizpour served as the event's co-headliner.[3] The pairing first met at Kunlun Fight 69 on February 4, 2018 for the 2018 Kunlun Fight +100kg Tournament, where Azizpour won by extra round majority decision.[4] Their second meeting took place at Kunlun Fight 80 on February 24, 2019 for the 2019 Kunlun Fight +100kg Tournament, where Kryklia won by unanimous decision.[5] The pairing was previously scheduled to headlined at ONE: NextGen for the inaugural ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Championship bout, but Kryklia withdraw due to an undisclosed medical issue.[6][7]
A middleweight bout between former ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion Aung La Nsang and former UFC and WSOF Middleweight title contender Yushin Okami was originally expected to take place at ONE on Prime Video 4, but was postponed to this event for unknown reasons.[8][9]
Kwon Won Il and Mark Abelardo were scheduled to meet in a bantamweight bout at ONE on Prime Video 4, but on November 4, it was announced that the bout will be moved to this event instead.[10][11]
At the weigh-ins, Itsuki Hirata, Yuya Wakamatsu and Asahi Shinagawa all failed hydration test and were forced to take catchweights. Wakamatsu weighed in at 139 lbs, 4 pounds over the limit, Shinagawa came in at 126 lbs, 1 pounds over the limit, and Hirata failed weight and hydration. The bout proceeded at catchweight with Wakamatsu being fined 40% of his purse, which went to his opponent Woo Sung Hoon; Shinagawa being fined 20% of his purse, which went to his opponent Rui Botelho.[12] but Hirata was scheduled to face former Rizin Women's Super Atomweight Champion Seo Hee Ham was the bout scrapped due to Hirata failed weight and hydration, and Ham did not agree to compete.[13][14]
Results
edit| Main card (YouTube / Watch ONE) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight Kickboxing | Petchtanong Petchfergus | def. | Hiroki Akimoto (c) | Decision (split) (50–46, 47–49, 50–45) | 5 | 3:00 | [a] |
| Heavyweight Kickboxing | Roman Kryklia | def. | Iraj Azizpour | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:28 | [b] |
| Lightweight | Saygid Izagakhmaev | def. | Shinya Aoki | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:26 | |
| Middleweight | Aung La Nsang | def. | Yushin Okami | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:42 | |
| Catchweight (139 lbs) | Woo Sung Hoon | def. | Yuya Wakamatsu | TKO (elbows and punches) | 1 | 2:46 | [c] |
| Bantamweight | Kwon Won Il | def. | Mark Abelardo | TKO (knee and punches) | 3 | 3:44 | |
| Lead card (YouTube / Watch ONE) | |||||||
| Heavyweight Kickboxing | Ahmed Krnjic | def. | Bruno Chaves | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight | Ahmed Mujtaba | def. | Abraão Amorim | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 4:32 | |
| Catchweight (126 lbs) Muay Thai | Asahi Shinagawa | def. | Rui Botelho | Decision (split) | 3 | 3:00 | [d] |
| Women's Strawweight Submission Grappling | Bianca Basílio | def. | Milena Kaori Sakumoto | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:43 | |
| Featherweight | Kirill Gorobets | def. | Bruno Pucci | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- ^ For the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship.
- ^ ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Tournament Final bout.
- ^ Wakamatsu missed weight (139 lbs).
- ^ Shinagawa missed weight (126 lbs).
Bonus awards
editThe following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[16]
- Performance of the Night: Roman Kryklia, Saygid Izagakhmaev, Woo Sung Hoon and Bianca Basilio
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Jay Furness (2022-09-28). "Hiroko Akimoto Vs. Petchtanong Petchfergus World Title Clash To Headline ONE 163 On November 18". ONE Championship – The Home of Martial Arts. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "【ONE】日本人初の立ち技王者・秋元皓貴が初防衛戦、相手は武林風T制したペッタノン「倒してもっと上に行く」=11.19". efight.jp. 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2022-09-28. (in Japanese)
- ^ Jay Furness (2022-10-26). "Roman Kryklia Vs. Iraj Azizpour ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Final Added To ONE 163". ONE Championship – The Home of Martial Arts. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
- ^ "Kunlun Fight 69 Results: Grigorian Stuns Superbon, Azizpour Upsets Kryklia, Buakaw Dominates". Combat Press. 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ "Kunlun Fight 80 Results: Kryklia Claims 100+kg Tournament, Kiria Edges Toutouh to Win 2018 70-kilogram Tournament". Combat Press. 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ Ernest Leo Hernandez (2021-10-15). "Roman Kryklia vs. Iraj Azizpour trilogy for inaugural kickboxing heavyweight title headlines ONE: NextGen". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ Bear Frazer (2021-10-25). "Women's Atomweight World GP Semifinals To Headline ONE: NEXTGEN". ONE Championship – The Home of Martial Arts. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ James Goyder (2022-08-11). "Aung La Nsang and Yushin Okami set to fight in Tokyo". Asian MMA. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ Tom Taylor (2022-10-18). "ONE Championship 163: Aung La N Sang returns vs Yushin Okami, Ham Seo-hee faces Itsuki Hirata". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ Staff (2022-10-25). "Kwon Won Il faces Mark Abelardo at ONE on Prime Video 4". Asian MMA. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ Jay Furness (2022-11-04). "Full Card Revealed For ONE 163: Akimoto Vs. Petchtanong On November 19". ONE Championship – The Home of Martial Arts. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ Kevin Strobel (2022-11-18). "ONE 163 Weigh-in Results: Three Fighters Fail Weight & Hydration, Akimoto and Petchtanong Both Pass on First Attempt". Beyond Kick – The Home of Kickboxing. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ "Itsuki Hirata faces Seo Hee Ham at ONE 163". Asian MMA. October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ^ Nicolas Atkin (2022-11-18). "ONE Championship 163: Ham Seo-hee cancels fight with 'irresponsible' Itsuki Hirata – 'I hope she feels embarrassed'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ "ONE 163: Akimoto vs. Petchtanong". ONE Championship – The Home of Martial Arts. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ Ted Razon (2022-11-19). "ONE 163: Who won the $50,000 bonuses?". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2022-11-19.