Theptaksin Sor Sornsing announced his arrival at ONE Championship in the best way possible.
Closing out ONE Friday Fights 10 in hard-hitting fashion, Theptaksin secured a thrilling unanimous decision win over Yodkritsada Sor Sommai on Friday at the iconic Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok.
Theptaksin and Yodkritsada immediately went at it in the opening bell, tagging each other with nasty elbows in the clinch.
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The second round was more of the same, with both Thai strikers content in exchanging shots inside a tight pocket. Yodkritsada landed some early leg kicks but Theptaksin resorted to using his punches to deal some quick offense.
Theptaksin then pushed the tempo in the third round and pulled the bigger shots from his arsenal. The 25-year-old clocked Yodkritsada with several elbows at the start of the round before going in for a couple of flying knees midway through the third.
Continuing to pile on the pressure, Theptaksin ultimately caused a nasty cut on Yodkritsada’s forehead late into the fight.
In his post-fight interview with Gianni Subba, Theptaksin admitted that he wanted to use his elbow extensively throughout the 132-pound catchweight Muay Thai contest.
“Yes, using my elbows is one of my strategies, not only that I also prepared a lot of kicks.”
ONE Friday Fights 10 full results
Here are the full results of ONE Friday Fights 10.
Theptaksin Sor Sornsing defeats Yodkritsada Sor Sommai via unanimous decision (Muay Thai - catchweight 132 lbs)
Panrit Lukjaomaesaiwaree defeats Paedsanlek PK Saenchai via unanimous decision (Muay Thai - bantamweight)
Rak Erawan defeats Chusap Sop Salacheep via TKO at 1:12 of round one (Muay Thai - catchweight 116 lbs)
Teeyai PK Saenchai defeats Manolis Kallistis via unanimous decision (Muay Thai - strawweight)
Supalek Jitmuangnon defeats Sonrak Sit Por Jor Wor via unanimous decision (Muay Thai - flyweight)
Thongpoon PK Saenchai defeats Tomorrow Kiatsongrit via KO at 0:24 of round one (Muay Thai - catchweight 118 lbs)
Chorfah Tor Sangtiennoi defeats Sherwood Kabutov via split decision (Muay Thai - catchweight 136.6 lbs)
Yod-IQ PK Saenchai defeats Samuel Bielen via TKO at 0:38 of round two (Muay Thai - bantamweight)
Ivan Parshikov defeats Yu Karino via submission (knee bar) at 0:50 of round one (MMA - bantamweight)
Anton Petrov defeats Luca Lombardo via TKO at 2:23 of round one (MMA - catchweight 160 lbs)
Shinto Shibata defeats Petklangna Sitphuyainilan via split decision (Muay Thai - bantamweight)