Nong-O Hama and Kongthoranee Sor Sommai to run it back a third time at ONE Friday Fights 160 on June 26

Kongthoranee Sor Sommai received the primary struggle on a break up choice. Nong-O Hama received the second by unanimous verdict. June 26 at Lumpinee Stadium is the tiebreaker.

Nong-O faces Kongthoranee in a flyweight Muay Thai trilogy bout at ONE Friday Fights 160, streaming stay from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, June 26.

Their first assembly at ONE Battle Night time 28 final February marked Nong-O’s debut within the flyweight division after his legendary reign as an eight-time ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion. Kongthoranee took that bout through break up choice after a contest that had judges divided all through.

The rematch at ONE Battle Night time 31 in Could went the opposite approach. Nong-O pressed from the opening bell and refusing to provide Kongthoranee the house to construct his mixtures. He earned a unanimous choice to stage the collection.

With one struggle apiece, a trilogy was at all times the one logical conclusion. Nong-O is 39 years previous, carrying a 267-59 profession file and the total weight of one in all Muay Thai’s most storied legacies.

Kongthoranee is 29, with a 72-19 file and three Rajadamnern Stadium World Championship titles earned through the prime years of an already distinguished profession. Each males know the opposite properly. Neither has discovered a end but. June 26 adjustments that calculus.

What the third struggle between Nong-O and Kongthoranee should settle at ONE Friday Fights 160

The primary struggle informed one story. Kongthoranee got here out with aggressive intent in spherical one. He attacked with kicks, teeps, and elbows earlier than Nong-O steadied himself in spherical two and pushed again. Kongthoranee closed robust within the third, and the break up choice mirrored how shut the margins have been throughout all three rounds.

The second struggle informed a distinct one. Nong-O arrived with a particular plan — extra punches, extra strain, much less room for Kongthoranee to determine his rhythm — and executed it throughout all three rounds to earn the clear verdict.

What the third struggle must settle is whether or not Kongthoranee’s first-fight blueprint nonetheless works towards a veteran who has now studied him twice, and whether or not Nong-O at 39 can keep the relentless output that outlined his rematch efficiency yet one more time.