Four more bouts have been confirmed for ONE Fight Night 44 on Prime Video, live in U.S. primetime on Friday, June 26, from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The additions bring bantamweight Muay Thai, featherweight Muay Thai, and flyweight kickboxing to a card already headlined by the Rungrawee “Legatron” Sitsongpeenong and George “G-Unit” Jarvis lightweight Muay Thai rematch.

Ferrari Fairtex faces Japan’s Shinji Suzuki in bantamweight Muay Thai. The 28-year-old Fairtex Training Center product carries a 136-34 career record and five promotional wins into the bout, including a stretch of four consecutive victories that once placed him squarely in the divisional conversation.

A difficult run since has interrupted that progress, and June 26 represents a significant opportunity to rebuild momentum against a 40-year-old veteran with 33 career striking wins and the kind of experienced, resourceful game that can trouble fighters who arrive underprepared.

Charlie Guest makes his ONE Championship debut in featherweight Muay Thai against French-Malian knockout artist Bampara Kouyate — an assignment that wastes no time in testing the ISKA World Champion, WBC European and British Kickboxing titleholder.

Kouyate’s 36-3 career record includes stoppages of Jo “Smokin” Nattawut and Luke “The Chef” Lessei, and the Team Mehdi Zatout representative carries genuine one-punch finishing power that has already announced him as a serious featherweight threat. The 30-year-old Tiger Muay Thai and Impact MMA product from England steps into the hardest possible debut matchup and will need to be at his sharpest from the opening bell.

Jacob Smith returns in bantamweight Muay Thai against Nakrob Fairtex. The Birkenhead veteran holds 16 career wins and a reputation as one of the toughest, most durable fighters in the division — built largely on performances that took him the full distance with the elite without the results to match. Nakrob brings a 69-25 career record and a 10-5 promotional slate and arrives at June 26 equally motivated to reverse recent form.

Azerbaijani flyweight kickboxing prospect Akif Guluzada rounds out the new additions, taking on Colombian Johan Estupinan in his second promotional kickboxing appearance. The 20-year-old Team Mehdi Zatout and Team Chingiz Allazov representative holds a perfect ONE record across five outings against quality opposition.

Estupinan arrives having won five consecutive bouts after his promotional debut before back-to-back losses disrupted his trajectory, and makes his first ONE kickboxing appearance looking to rediscover the form that made him one of the division’s more promising names.

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