ONE Championship 42: Kingdom of Champions - May 27 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION)

One FC 42
May 27, 2016
Impact Arena
Bangkok, Thailand

Main Card:
D. Sor Amnuaysirichoke (6-0)     vs.       (10-0) Yoshitaka Naito  
Main Event |  Title Fight | Strawweight | 115 lbs (52 kg)

Marat Gafurov (13-0)                  vs.      (25-5) Kazunori Yokota  
Co-Main Event |  Title Fight | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)

Timofey Nastyukhin (9-2)            vs.           (15-7) Robert Lisita  
Main Card | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)

Marcin Prachnio (10-2)                vs.        (8-2) Leandro Ataides  
Main Card | Middleweight | 185 lbs (84 kg)

Anatpong Bunrad (5-2)                vs.        (8-3) Eugene Toquero  
Main Card | Flyweight | 125 lbs (57 kg)

ONE Championship (ONE), proudly announces its inaugural event in Thailand. Fight fans in Bangkok will be delighted to witness world-class mixed martial arts action live at the Impact Arena on 27 May 2016.

ONE Strawweight World Champion Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke is a three-time Lumpinee stadium Muay Thai world champion and is also undefeated as a professional mixed martial artist. He is known as a technical fighter with quick hands and lightning feet, employing some of the most unique and creative striking combinations as a martial artist with over 25 years of competitive experience. He now defends his title against Japanese fighter Yoshitaka Naito in the headline bout at ONE: KINGDOM OF CHAMPIONS.
 
Yoshitaka “Nobita” Naito of Chiba, Japan, is an unbeaten mixed martial artist with a perfect 10-0 record. He has four wins by submission and one knockout under his belt. The 32-year-old, who made a name for himself at Japan’s world-famous Korakuen Hall competing as the Shooto featherweight champion, will be fighting outside of his native Japan for the first time, and it will be in a contest for the ONE Strawweight World Championship against Thai titlist Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke.
 
Marat “Cobra” Gafurov of Russia is the reigning ONE Featherweight World Champion, and is undefeated with 13 wins. A former M-1 featherweight champion, Gafurov defeated the top-ranked fighters in his weight class with relative ease in his first four bouts with ONE Championship. Out of his 13 victories, 9 have come by submission, proving that Gafurov is an absolute force to be reckoned with on the ground. He will defend his belt against Kazunori Yokota.
 
38-year-old Kazunori Yokota of Chiba, Japan, is a mixed martial arts fixture with over 12 years of professional fight experience under his belt. The current Deep featherweight champion, Yokota is one of the toughest fighters in the division. He sports a stellar record of 25 wins and just five defeats, and will be making his ONE Championship debut in a title bout against reigning ONE Featherweight World Champion Marat Gafurov.

Other fights booked for the card include Rob Lisita (14-7) vs. Timofey Nastyukhin (9-2) at featherweight; Leandro Ataides (8-2) vs. Marcin Prachnio (10-2) in a middleweight bout; Anatpong Bunrad (5-2) vs. Eugene Toquero (8-3) in a flyweight bout; and Chrech Kosal (2-1) vs. Yodsanan Sityodtong (1-1) at bantamweight

Nice. Two title fights and some familiar faces & names.

come on dej

Gafurov is impressive at FW. Huge win.

CDF47 wrote:Gafurov is impressive at FW.  Huge win.

Him and Naratungalag won their recent fights so maybe it's time for a rematch.

Rocksoldier84 wrote:

CDF47 wrote:Gafurov is impressive at FW.  Huge win.

Him and Naratungalag won their recent fights so maybe it's time for a rematch.

ONE FC should be able to put that one together. Would be a good rematch which makes sense.

I must say though it's sad how fans are accustomed to Unified Rules. The Nastyukhin knockout looked cool but it again had fans complaining about the dangers of soccer kicks and how they can be deadly or like weight cutting. So they have no problem with fighters getting potentially headed kick standing up and the fighter dropping to the mat where their head can bounce off the canvas but soccer kicks are too dangerous.

if they really cared they wouldnt watch mma at all since its violent as fuck

^You're right Stu. MMA is as tough a sport as there is.