ONE Friday Fights 68 results: Prajanchai stuns Jonathan Di Bella for strawweight kickboxing throne
There's a new member of the champ-champ club, and his name is Prajanchai PK Saenchai.
The Thai brawler stunned Jonathan Di Bella with a unanimous decision win to capture the vacant strawweight kickboxing throne in the main event of ONE Friday Fights 68.
The hallowed Lumpinee Boxing Stadium became the site of Prajanchai's coronation as the reigning ONE strawweight Muay Thai world champion captured his second world title in the promotion.
Things, however, didn't start all that well for the PK Saenchai star.
Di Bella, who once sat at the strawweight kickboxing throne, dictated much of the contest in the first two rounds.
The Italian-Canadian striker was a master at controlling distance and was brilliant at fighting off the backfoot with slick counters.
Prajanchai ramped up the intensity once the third round commenced, though.
The new double-world champion picked up the pace and began packing some serious power behind his punches.
The fourth round might have been Prajanchai's best period of the fight especially when he cracked Di Bella with a burning body kick that nearly folded the former strawweight kickboxing king.
Prajanchai continued the barrage in the fifth round and nearly cracked Di Bella's lead leg in two.
Not quite done with the initial assault, Prajanchai cracked Di Bella's guard with a blinding flurry then followed it up with a cracking knee strike in the waning moments of the fight.
Prajanchai became the fifth current fighter to simultaneously hold at least two world titles in ONE Championship joining Anatoly Malykhin, Roman Kryklia, Jonathan Haggerty, and Christian Lee.
ONE Friday Fights 68 full results
Here are the entire results from an explosive ONE Friday Fights 68 card:
Prajanchai PK Saenchai defeats Jonathan Di Bella via unanimous decision to claim the ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Title
Superlek Kiatmoo9 defeats Kongthoranee Sor Sommai via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – flyweight)
Kiamran Nabati defeats Suablack Tor Pran49 via KO (left punch) at 1:54 of round one (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
Petchtanong Petchfergus defeats Alaverdi Ramazanov via TKO (referee stoppage) at 1:59 of round two (kickboxing – bantamweight)
Shadow Singha Mawynn defeats Jimmy Vienot via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – featherweight)
Pakorn PK Saenchai defeats Rafi Bohic via KO (right punch) at 2:15 of round one (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
Tyson Harrison defeats Sibmuen via split decision (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
Yodlekpet Or Atchariya defeats Komawut FA Group via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – catchweight 140 lbs)
Suriyanlek Por Yenying defeats Pompet PK Saenchai via KO (right punch) at 2:50 of round one (Muay Thai – catchweight 132 lbs)
Kaito Sakaguchi defeats Lan Shanteng via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – catchweight 132 lbs)
Kohei Wakabayashi defeats Sanlang Gexi via split decision (MMA – strawweight)
Ryota Hashimoto defeats Yuto Ueno via KO (right hook) at 2:05 of round one (Muay Thai – catchweight 143 lbs)