ONE Fight Night 21

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ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs. Nicolas
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The poster for ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs. Nicolas
Promotion ONE Championship
DateApril 6, 2024 (2024-04-06)
Venue Lumpinee Boxing Stadium
City Bangkok, Thailand
Event chronology
ONE Friday Fights 58: Superbon vs. Grigorian 2 ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs. Nicolas ONE Friday Fights 59: Yamin vs. Ouraghi

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]

Contents

Background

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]

Results

Fight card (Amazon Prime Video)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Lightweight Kickboxing Alexis Nicolas def. Regian Eersel (c)Decision (unanimous)53:00 [a]
Welterweight Submission Grappling Tye Ruotolo (c)def.Izaak MichellSubmission (rear-naked choke)14:43 [b]
Bantamweight Muay ThaiSuablack Tor.Pran49def.Vladimir KuzminDecision (unanimous)33:00 [c]
HeavyweightBen Tynanvs.Duke DidierNC (overturned)12:36 [d]
Flyweight Muay ThaiDenis Purićdef.Jacob SmithDecision (unanimous)33:00
Catchweight (180 lb) Submission Grappling Kade Ruotolo def.Francisco LoSubmission (rear-naked choke)14:48
Flyweight KickboxingDedduanglek Tded99def. Taiki Naito Decision (unanimous)33:00 [e]
WelterweightHiroyuki Tetsukadef.Valmir da SilvaSubmission (north-south choke)23:34
Strawweight Muay ThaiSongchainoi Kiatsongritdef.Nicolas Leite SilvaDecision (unanimous)35:00 [f]
BantamweightJeremy Pacatiwdef.Wang ShuoSubmission (rear-naked choke)12:07
  1. For the ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Championship.
  2. For the ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Championship.
  3. Kuzmin missed weight (146.5 lb).
  4. Originally a TKO (punches) win for Tynan; overturned after he tested positive for banned substances. [5]
  5. Dedduanglek missed weight (136 lb).
  6. Originally a 116 pounds, but both fighters missed weight: Songchainoi (120.25 lb) and Leite Silva (125 lb).

[6]

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [7]

See also

References

  1. Wheaton, Timothy (2024-03-05). "Regian Eersel to Defend Kickboxing Crown against Alexis Nicolas on Apr. 6". Combat Press. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  2. Emmerink, Ron (2024-03-05). "BREAKING! Regian Eersel verdedigt ONE Championship titel op 6 april". Vechtsport Info (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  3. "Regian Eersel and Tye Ruotolo to Defend World Titles at ONE Fight Night 21 on April 5". ONE Championship – The Home Of Martial Arts. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  4. "ONE Championship drops title fights from Qatar card, adds regional talent". South China Morning Post. 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  5. "ONE Championship's Ben Tynan serving 12-month ban for positive drugs test, source says". Bangkok Post. 2024-11-16. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. "ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs. Nicolas". ONE Championship – The Home of Martial Arts. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  7. Pekios, Craig (2024-04-06). "ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs Nicolas - Who won the $50,000 bonuses?". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2024-04-06.