The best performances from ONE on Prime Video 4

ONE on Prime Video 4 more than delivered on the hype that it promised. Several of the athletes on the card went out carrying a bigger stock than they did walking in.

ONE Championship’s fourth Amazon Prime Video card blew the roof off of Singapore Indoor Stadium this past weekend.

There are, however, certain fighters who shone under the spotlight brighter than others.

From breathtaking performances to legacy-cementing displays, here are the four fighters who made ONE on Prime Video 4 memorable.

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#4. Stephen Loman

Stephen Loman [Photo by ONE Championship]

He was touted as the next great hope of Team Lakay, and Stephen Loman made sure that he really is that man.

The Filipino star carried the pride of a gym that has had a long history with ONE Championship. Additionally, he did that against one of the best fighters to have ever stepped inside the circle.

Loman marched into ONE on Prime Video 4, knowing that his fight against former ONE bantamweight world champion Bibiano Fernandes would be the pivotal match of his career.

A massive underdog, Loman took the fight to the Brazilian legend and practically used Fernandes’ game against him. Though the Filipino star was billed as a bullish striker, what he did to ‘The Flash’ was the complete opposite.

Fernandes’s grappling prowess had always struck fear throughout the bantamweight division, but Loman waved that off and rag-dolled the former longtime bantamweight king.

Loman used his wrestling to dictate the match, eventually capturing a clear unanimous decision win.

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#3. Danielle Kelly

Danielle Kelly [Photo by ONE Championship]

The hype had surrounded Danielle Kelly even before she made her ONE Championship debut earlier this year.

A highly touted grappler, Kelly got matched up with the always dangerous Mei Yamaguchi at ONE X this past March. Though the match ended in a draw, the performance Kelly showed inevitably made her an interesting prospect in the world of submission grappling.

Kelly, however, needed a win that would make her one of the most fearsome grapplers in the world, and she did just that at ONE on Prime Video 4.

The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt took on sambo world champion Mariia Molchanova at ONE on Prime Video 4. Kelly knew that a win over the Russian grappler would launch her into rarefied air in women's submission grappling.

The fight started with Molchanova using an aggressive wrestling style, but it was Kelly’s quickness and agility that decided the matchup. Kelly made a swift pass and took Molchanova’s back. Molchanova, bogged down by the human-backpack, brought the fight to the canvas.

Unbeknownst to Molchanova, her move allowed Kelly to get into a better position for the rear-naked choke. Slipping her left forearm under Molchanova’s chin, Kelly locked in the hold to seal the deal at One on Prime Video 4.

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#2. Rodtang Jitmuangnon

Rodtang Jitmuangnon [Photo by ONE Championship]

Fights between two world champions are always intriguing since there’s always the prospect of it being an evenly-matched affair.

What happened between ONE flyweight Muay Thai world champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon and ONE strawweight Muay Thai world champion Joseph Lasiri was anything but evenly-matched.

Lasiri, who was on a tear, went back to flyweight and challenged Rodtang for gold. The Thai megastar, however, displayed such a high level of dominance that it looked like Lasiri didn't belong in there with him.

Even though the match didn’t end in a knockout, the way ‘The Iron Man’ retained his gold was nothing short of extraordinary.

While Lasiri displayed heart during the match, he needed more than sheer fortitude to even hope to defeat the indomitable Rodtang.

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#1. Christian Lee

Christian Lee [Photo by ONE Championship]

Christian Lee knew that bumping up to welterweight to vie for gold would be a tough task. However, what he did against Kiamrian Abbasov was one of his finest displays inside the circle.

The reigning ONE lightweight world champion moved up to welterweight in search of a second world title at ONE on Prime Video 4.

Lee's title bid almost came crashing down in the first round, when he absorbed tremendous punishment from ‘Brazen’. But the Singaporean-American star hung on and found a proverbial second wind in the fourth round. Lee hit Abbasov with several right elbows before finishing off the fight with thunderous ground-and-pound for the TKO win.

Lee really did go through the gauntlet, but the reward he achieved at the culmination of ONE on Prime Video 4 was something that would truly define his legacy.

Lee became only the fourth fighter to hold double-champ status in ONE alongwith Martin Nguyen, Aung La N Sang, and Reinier de Ridder.