| ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs. Nicolas | ||||
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 The poster for ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs. Nicolas | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | ONE Championship | |||
| Date | April 6, 2024 | |||
| Venue | Lumpinee Boxing Stadium | |||
| City | Bangkok, Thailand | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs. Nicolas was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on April 6, 2024, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. [1]
A ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Championship bout between current champion (also current ONE Lightweight Muay Thai World Champion) Regian Eersel and Alexis Nicolas headlined the event. [2]
A ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Championship bout between current champion Tye Ruotolo and Izaak Michell took place at the co-main event. [3] The bout was originally scheduled at ONE 166 on March 1, but the bout moved at this event for unknown reason. [4]
| Fight card (Amazon Prime Video) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight Kickboxing | Alexis Nicolas | def. | Regian Eersel (c) | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Welterweight Submission Grappling | Tye Ruotolo (c) | def. | Izaak Michell | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:43 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Bantamweight Muay Thai | Suablack Tor.Pran49 | def. | Vladimir Kuzmin | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Heavyweight | Ben Tynan | def. | Duke Didier | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:36 | |
| Flyweight Muay Thai | Denis Purić | def. | Jacob Smith | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Catchweight (180 lb) Submission Grappling | Kade Ruotolo | def. | Francisco Lo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:48 | |
| Flyweight Kickboxing | Dedduanglek Tded99 | def. | Taiki Naito | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Welterweight | Hiroyuki Tetsuka | def. | Valmir da Silva | Submission (north-south choke) | 2 | 3:34 | |
| Strawweight Muay Thai | Songchainoi Kiatsongrit | def. | Nicolas Leite Silva | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 5] |
| Bantamweight | Jeremy Pacatiw | def. | Wang Shuo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:07 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [6]
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