ONE Friday Fights 92 results and recap: Egor Bikrev stuns Thai superstar Panpayak in KO win

Egor Bikrev captured the biggest win of his career when he knocked out Panpayak Jitmuangnon in their flyweight Muay Thai match at ONE Friday Fights 92 at the historic Lumpinee Stadium this Friday.

While much of the community expected a cakewalk from Panpayak, what transpired was an absolute underdog story from Bikrev that even the Bangkok crowd had to applaud.

Both fighters were keen to gauge the pace in the opening minute of the match, but Bikrev flipped a switch and threw a swift counter straight right that dropped the Thai superstar for the first knockdown of the fight.

A stunned Panpayak upped the pressure in the final minute of the first round, but it was clear that Bikrev's stunning knockdown threw him off his rhythm heading into the second.

Panpayak knew he was behind the scorecards and quickly pushed the pace in the second round, but he never anticipated what Bikrev had in the chamber.

Bikrev, after absorbing a swift body kick, launched two brutal hooks that shook the cobwebs in Panpayak and dropped the multi-time Muay Thai world champion against the ropes.

With Panpayak unable to answer the count, the referee called a stop to the contest 1:08 into the second round.

Egor Bikrev, who was coming off a first-round knockout over Gingsanglek Wor Kumchamnarn, pushed his undefeated record to 8-0-1 in his professional career.

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Egor Bikrev makes a statement in the star-studded flyweight Muay Thai division

The flyweight Muay Thai division is arguably the most dangerous class in ONE Championship, and what Egor Bikrev did certainly affected its status quo.

Bikrev didn't just secure a knockout win, he took out a multi-time Lumpinee and Rajadamnern Stadium world champion on Muay Thai's biggest stage.

While Bikrev will still have to go through the lions' den of the flyweight Muay Thai division, his statement win over Panpayak deserves recognition from the division's elite.