MUAY THAI / KICKBOXING NEWS
Time stops for no fighter, but Petchtanong Petchfergus isn’t ready to surrender to Father Time just yet. The 39-year-old Thai veteran stands at the crossroads of his career, with one last shot at glory beckoning and a dangerous Japanese prospect standing directly in his path.
When the final left hook found its mark and Johanna Persson crumbled to the canvas, Allycia Hellen Rodrigues felt the satisfaction that only comes from executing a plan to absolute perfection. This wasn’t luck – this was calculated precision.
Victory was within Shadow Singha Mawynn’s grasp, practically gift-wrapped and ready for delivery, when fate decided to play the cruelest joke imaginable. One accidental finger to the eye, and years of preparation vanished in a moment.
Ellis Badr Barboza is ready to get back in the win column, but first he’ll have to get through a dangerous Russian looking to make his mark on the division.
At ONE Fight Night 33, inside Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium, ONE women’s Muay Thai world champion Allycia Hellen Rodrigues faces her greatest test yet in WBC Muay Thai World Champion Johanna Persson.
Despite sitting atop ONE Championship’s featherweight kickboxing division, Thai striking legend Superbon feels he has a point to prove at ONE 173 later this year.
Nico Carrillo experienced a surreal moment when he trained alongside UFC legend Georges St-Pierre earlier this year in Thailand, and the encounter has profoundly shaped his approach towards influencing his fans.
Strawweight Muay Thai contender Aliff Sor Dechapan overcame sickness to secure a crucial unanimous decision victory over knockout artist Elmehdi El Jamari last month, and he’s now got his eyes on the ultimate prize in ONE Championship.
Rising ONE Championship star Nico Carrillo recently opened up about the mental toll of his shocking first-round defeat to Nabil Anane in their clash for the ONE interim bantamweight Muay Thai world title.
ONE Championship has announced that it will return to Japan this autumn for the second time in 2025.
Japanese striking star Taiki Naito felt the fate of his ONE Championship career was resting on his clash with Johan Estupinan at ONE Fight Night 32. And that spurred him on to serve the Colombian crusher his first career loss at the thrilling show.
