ONE 163

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ONE 163: Akimoto vs. Petchtanong
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The poster for ONE 163: Akimoto vs. Petchtanong
Information
Promotion ONE Championship
DateNovember 19, 2022 (2022-November-19)
Venue Singapore Indoor Stadium
City Kallang, Singapore
Event chronology
ONE on Prime Video 4: Abbasov vs. Lee ONE 163: Akimoto vs. Petchtanong ONE on Prime Video 5: de Ridder vs. Malykhin

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]

Contents

Background

A 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

Main card (YouTube / Watch ONE)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Bantamweight Kickboxing Petchtanong Petchfergus def. Hiroki Akimoto (c)Decision (split) (50–46, 47–49, 50–45)53:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight Kickboxing Roman Kryklia def. Iraj Azizpour TKO (punches)21:28 [lower-alpha 2]
LightweightSaygid Izagakhmaevdef. Shinya Aoki TKO (punches)11:26
Middleweight Aung La Nsang def. Yushin Okami TKO (punches)11:42
Catchweight (139 lbs)Woo Sung Hoondef.Yuya WakamatsuTKO (elbows and punches)12:46 [lower-alpha 3]
Bantamweight Kwon Won Il def.Mark AbelardoTKO (knee and punches)33:44
Lead card (YouTube / Watch ONE)
Heavyweight KickboxingAhmed Krnjicdef.Bruno ChavesDecision (unanimous)33:00
Lightweight Ahmed Mujtaba def.Abraão AmorimSubmission (triangle choke)14:32
Catchweight (126 lbs) Muay Thai Asahi Shinagawa def.Rui BotelhoDecision (split)33:00 [lower-alpha 4]
Women's Strawweight Submission Grappling Bianca Basílio def.Milena Kaori SakumotoSubmission (rear-naked choke)10:43
FeatherweightKirill Gorobetsdef. Bruno Pucci Decision (unanimous)35:00
  1. For the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship.
  2. ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Tournament Final bout.
  3. Wakamatsu missed weight (139 lbs).
  4. Shinagawa missed weight (126 lbs).

[15]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [16]

See also

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