July 24, 2026 – Bangkok, Thailand: ONE Championship (ONE) thrilled the packed Lumpinee Stadium with one other explosive card at The Internal Circle 23, which aired completely for members at dwell.onefc.com.
In the primary occasion, 22-year-old Aliff Sor Dechapan made historical past as Malaysia’s first-ever ONE World Champion, stopping legendary icon Sam-A Gaiyanghadao within the fifth spherical to seize the ONE Interim Strawweight Muay Thai World Title.
The bout opened as a extremely technical chess match. Whereas the previous two-division, two-sport World Champion Sam-A utilized his elite timing and championship expertise to navigate the early going, Aliff leveraged his top and attain benefit. By the third stanza, the Thai-Malaysian standout started to dictate the tempo, remaining elusive whereas catching Sam-A with slick boxing counters and heavy combos.
The ultimate spherical noticed the surging 22-year-old detonate an enormous right-hand counter to drop Sam-A. Aliff then moved in to shut the present, unleashing a devastating head kick and a blistering three-punch mixture to safe the stoppage and etch his identify within the document books.
Within the co-main occasion, seven-time Muay Thai World Champion “The Angel Warrior” Panpayak Jitmuangnon appeared each bit an elite fighter, delivering a placing masterclass to attain a unanimous determination over Anuar Cisneros of their bantamweight kickboxing conflict.
The 2 strikers initiated the motion from the skin, nevertheless it was Panpayak who instantly established his dominance. “The Angel Warrior” blasted Cisneros together with his signature physique kicks, echoing loud thuds by the sector that immediately ignited the pro-Thai crowd.
Although Cisneros tried to shut the space and unload heavy hooks within the second stanza, Panpayak neutralized the ahead strain with teeps and leg assaults, in the end punctuating the body with a crisp one-two to the chin.
Whereas the extremely sturdy Mexican one way or the other survived to listen to the ultimate bell, Panpayak simply cruised to a shutout on the judges’ scorecards.
The Internal Circle 23 Outcomes
Aliff Sor Dechapan def. Sam-A Gaiyanghadao by way of KO (proper punch) at 1:09 of spherical 5 (ONE Interim Strawweight Muay Thai World Championship)Panpayak Jitmuangnon def. Anuar Cisneros by way of unanimous determination (kickboxing – bantamweight)Michel Dirlenbach def. Mahan Fotouhi by way of unanimous determination (Muay Thai – light-weight)Ryujin Nasukawa def. Thongpoon PK Saenchai by way of TKO (punches) at 2:00 of spherical two (kickboxing – strawweight)Liu Junchao def. Kosei Yoshida by way of unanimous determination (kickboxing – flyweight)
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