ONE 169 Results: Reug Reug claims heavyweight title with narrow split decision win

Reug Reug is lastly a champion.

On Friday evening at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, Reug Reug — actual identify Oumar Kane — claimed the ONE heavyweight title with a slender break up resolution win Anatoly Malykhin in the primary occasion of ONE Championship 169.

A former Senegalese wrestler, Reug Reug’s measurement proved to be tough for the three-division ONE champion to cope with as he scored a fast takedown early within the combat. Malykhin labored his means again as much as the ft however the two remained grappling towards the ropes and Malykhin obtained a yellow card for repeatedly reaching by way of the ropes.

Because the combat progressed, Malykhin started to land huge pictures on the ft however merely couldn’t crack the chin of his huge opponent, and was himself dropped within the last spherical of the bout. Nonetheless, the bout appeared to favor Malykhin for sheer exercise nonetheless, two of the judges scored the combat for Reug Reug, delivering Malykhin his first profession loss.

Within the co-main occasion, Rodtang Jitmuangnon scored a unanimous resolution win over Jacob Smith. This was presupposed to be a title protection of Rodtang’s ONE flyweight Muay Thai title, nonetheless he didn’t make weight and was thus stripped of the title. Nonetheless, Rodtang delivered a classic efficiency, outclassing Smith and slicing him open with a nasty elbow over the attention.

In a featured bout of the night, Jackie Buntan defeated Anissa Meksen to say the inaugural ONE girls’s flyweight kickboxing title. The 2 girls battled back-and-forth for the complete quarter-hour however finally the judges favored Buntan’s extra decisive moments.

In one of many featured fights of the night, Adriano Moraes received again within the win column with a second-round guillotine end over Danny Kingad. It was the previous flyweight champion’s first combat since shedding his trilogy matchup with Demetrious Johnson, and should set him as much as combat for the vacant title subsequent.

Additionally of word on the cardboard, Kade Ruotolo scored the second win of his MMA profession with a first-round submission after dropping opponent Ahmed Mujtba early, and multiple-time world champion BJJ competitor Carlos Buchecha submitted Amir Aliakbari within the first spherical as effectively.

Try these highlights in addition to the complete outcomes beneath.

ONE 169 full outcomes.

Reug Reug def. Anatoly Malykhin through break up resolution

Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Jacob Smith (Muay Thai) through unanimous resolution

Jackie Buntan def. Anissa Meksen (kickboxing) through unanimous resolution

Adriano Moraes def. Danny Kingad through submission (rear-naked choke) — R2, 4:14

Kongthoranee Sor Sommai def. Tagir Khalilov (Muay Thai) through unanimous resolution

Kade Ruotolo def. Ahmed Mujtba through submission (D’Arce choke) — R1. 1:04

Sam-A Gaiyanghadao def. Zhang Peimian through unanimous resolution

Marcus Buchecha def. Amir Aliakbari through submission (rear-naked choke) — R1, 3:15

Mohamed Younes Rabah def. Eddie Abasolo (Muay Thai) through unanimous resolution

Ayaka Miura def. Macarena Aragon through scarfhold americana — R1, 2:22

Aliff Sor Dechapan def. Walter Goncalves (Muay Thai) through unanimous resolution