Saturday at Lumpinee Stadium gave viewers a lot to talk about. ONE Fight Night 49: Gabriel vs. Magomedov went down on 7 November in Bangkok, Thailand, and its top two fights both went the distance.
Magomed Magomedov did what he does best, which is wrestle. Unbeaten at 15-0 and in as a short-notice replacement for the injured Alibeg Rasulov, he ate a few punches standing, then shot in and dragged Lucas Gabriel to the canvas in round one of the lightweight MMA main event.
Once there, he ground away: ground-and-pound from inside the guard, face buried in Gabriel's chest, hunting submissions every time a scramble opened. Gabriel survived round one, then handled the scrambles better in round two and cracked a head kick on the feet, which sent Magomedov shooting for another takedown.
Round three is where it got wild. Magomedov took Gabriel down and smothered him again, but Gabriel stood up, flipped the scramble, held Magomedov's head, and hammered knees. The judges still split for the newcomer, giving Gabriel his first loss in ONE.
Magomedov is now 16-0, and the 31-year-old probably gets the next shot at Tye Ruotolo, the new ONE Lightweight MMA World Champion who beat Christian Lee at The Inner Circle 37 earlier that night.
In the flyweight kickboxing co-main event, Taiki Naito and Kongthoranee Sor Sommai went at each other from the start. Naito landed left hooks and low kick combos, Kongthoranee kept replying with low kicks, and Naito's late right-left shook the Thai at the bell.
Naito went to the body in round two, but then Kongthoranee tagged his temple with a left hook, and suddenly the 29-year-old Thai was brimming with confidence. He kept it going in round three with kicks to the body and arms and looked like he was nicking the rounds.
Then "Silent Sniper" lived up to his name. A left hook dropped Kongthoranee in round three, and though he beat the count, all three judges scored it 29-27, completing Naito's revenge for a 2023 Muay Thai loss and a fourth straight win at 40-14.
ONE Fight Night 49 Results:
- Magomed Magomedov defeats Lucas Gabriel via split decision (MMA – lightweight)
- Taiki Naito defeats Kongthoranee Sor Sommai via unanimous decision (kickboxing – flyweight)
- Lee Seung Cheol defeats Nazareth Lalthazuala via submission at 3:04 of round two (MMA – strawweight)
- Nontachai Jitmuangnon defeats Felipe Lobo via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
- Zhou Jiaqiang defeats Mamuka Usubyan via split decision (kickboxing – featherweight)
- Magdalena Czaban defeats Vick Souza via unanimous decision (MMA – atomweight)
- Bogdan Shumarov defeats Gasham Mammadov via unanimous decision (kickboxing – lightweight)
- Victor Hugo defeats Devhonte Johnson via submission at 1:35 of round one (submission grappling – openweight)
- Ilmadi Israilov defeats Kalandar Tabarov via unanimous decision (MMA – bantamweight)
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