Thai placing icon Superlek Kiatmoo9 will defend his ONE flyweight kickboxing world title versus Algerian dynamo Elias Mahmoudi in the primary occasion of ONE Championship’s first U.S. primetime present of 2024.
ONE Battle Night time 18 will emanate reside from the legendary Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on January 12.
‘The Kicking Machine’ has loved a stellar 12 months all through 2023, and he hopes to proceed the brand new 12 months equally.
After closing his account in 2022 with three victories, the Buriram native earned a possibility to compete for the vacant flyweight kickboxing gold.
Regardless of being pushed by Daniel Puertas till the ultimate bell of their co-main occasion battle at ONE Battle Night time 6 in January, the 28-year-old’s output finally helped him onto the strap through unanimous resolution.
Two months later, he aced his first world title protection with a third-round knockout of Danial Williams in the primary occasion of ONE Battle Night time 8.
Following his kickboxing enterprise, Superlek went on a hunt in Muay Thai – gaining two fast highlight-reel wins over Tagir Khalilov and Nabil Anane – to set himself up for a dream conflict versus Rodtang Jitmuangnon at ONE Friday Fights 34.
In that combat, described as the most important Muay Thai combat of the final 50 years, the Kiatmoo9 Health club consultant escaped the warfare together with his hand raised after an intense back-and-forth conflict contained in the Lumpinee Stadium.
Mahmoudi will likely be a unique take a look at for the Thai celebrity, however within the kind he’s in, the Kiatmoo9 Health club affiliate shouldn’t have any considerations about leaving the ring together with his hand raised as soon as extra.
Who’re the opposite stars than Superlek that includes at ONE Battle Night time 18?
Other than the return of the flyweight kickboxing kingpin, the invoice will characteristic 4 athletes with a confirmed monitor document of manufacturing highlight-reel moments.
John Lineker checks his placing credentials in a bantamweight Muay Thai warfare with Liam Harrison whereas bantamweight knockout machines Kwon Gained Il and Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg face off in a pivotal MMA showdown.
Catch Superlek and Mahmoudi’s conflict and all the ONE Battle Night time 18 card reside and without cost through ONE Championship’s YouTube channel and the ONE Tremendous App.
North American followers with an energetic Amazon Prime Video subscription can watch all the card reside in U.S. primetime on January 12.
Edited by Jigyanshushri Mahanta