ONE Championship makes history this weekend, with ONE Fight Night 17 marking the organisation’s first ever all-Muay Thai fight card, headlined by an inaugural ONE Heavyweight Muay Thai World Championship bout. Find all the results from ONE Fight Night 17: Kryklia vs. Roberts below.
The ONE Fight Night 17 main event features a bout for the inaugural ONE Heavyweight Muay Thai World Championship between ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing World Champion Roman Kyklia and promotional debutant Alex Roberts. Having recently claimed the WBC Heavyweight Muay Thai World Championship, the Australian Roberts makes his ONE Championship debut in the biggest fight he could have hoped for.
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Kryklia has not lost since 2018, with a 13-fight win streak during that period. He made his ONE Championship debut in 2019, winning the inaugural ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing World Championship with a stoppage of Tarik Khbabez. Since then, Kryklia has defended his title twice and won the ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix title in 2022.
The ONE Fight Night 17 co-main event features a very intriguing Featherweight matchup between Muay Thai veteran Smokin’ Jo Nattawut and American Luke Lessei, who makes his promotional debut against one of the most experienced fighters on the roster. Smokin’ Jo has fought the best of the best across both Kickboxing and Muay Thai for years, having fought for world titles several times.
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The rest of the ONE Fight Night 17 fight card features the likes of 17-year-old Muay Thai prodigy Johan Ghazali, Bantamweight contender Saemapetch Fairtex, Dmitry Menshikov, Mouhcine Chafi, Walter Goncalves, Jacob Smith, Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat, and Thongpoon PK Saenchai in action.
Find all the results from ONE Fight Night 17: Kryklia vs. Roberts below.
Who won at ONE Fight Night 17: Kryklia vs. Roberts?
Fight Card: 8:00am SGT/11:00am AEDT/8:00pm ET/12:00am GMT
- Roman Kryklia def. Alex Roberts via KO, Round 2 for the ONE Heavyweight Muay Thai World Championship
- Smokin’ Jo Nattawut def. Luke Lessei via Unanimous Decision – Featherweight Muay Thai
- Mohamed Younes Rabah def. Saemapetch Fairtex via KO, Round 1 – Catchweight Muay Thai (150 lbs)
- Dmitry Menshikov def. Mouhcine Chafi via KO, Round 1 – Lightweight Muay Thai
- Jacob Smith def. Walter Goncalves via KO, Round 1 – Flyweight Muay Thai
- Johan Ghazali def. Edgar Tabares via KO, Round 1 – Flyweight Muay Thai
- Denis Puric def. Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat via KO, Round 2 – Flyweight Muay Thai
- Ellis Badr Barboza def. Thongpoon PK Saenchai via KO, Round 3 – Catchweight Muay Thai (120 lbs)
*ONE Fight Night 17: Kryklia vs. Roberts fight card and bout order are subject to change.
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