Nine Fighters Chase Life-Changing Contracts At ONE Friday Fights 165
Nine bouts and nine shots at a life-changing six-figure contract headline ONE Friday Fights 165 this Friday, August 7, inside Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium.
Thai knockout artist Petninmungkorn NamkangIceland headlines against surging compatriot Pet Suanluangrodyok in an atomweight Muay Thai main event between two of the division’s most dangerous finishers.
A fearless, relentless pressure fighter armed with a dynamite straight right and a punishing right body kick, Petninmungkorn rides a six-fight winning streak with four knockouts into Friday, hunting the finish from the opening bell as he always does. He fights to give his family a better life, and a coveted six-figure contract would bring that dream firmly within reach.
Pet arrives with momentum that has turned heads across the division. Training at Sitsarawatseur, the aggressive banger from Khon Kaen has assembled a three-fight winning streak highlighted by a statement win over Adam Sor Dechapan, and he steps into the biggest fight of his career following the footsteps of the former fighter father he idolises.
The co-main event brings elegant kicking technician Suksawat PK Saenchai up against explosive Russian puncher Ilyas Musaev in a bantamweight Muay Thai clash of sharply contrasting styles.
Suksawat’s weapon is a thing of beauty, built around a venomous left body kick capable of dismantling opponents piece by piece. Forced into Muay Thai by poverty and the teasing of an older brother he could never beat, he has grown into one of the most poised technicians in his division.
He arrives on a two-fight winning streak that includes handing Linus Bylander the first defeat of his professional career, and heads into Friday looking to prove his craft can neutralise raw power.
Musaev brings exactly that raw power. The Dagestani puncher touches gloves to find his range before detonating precise straights and compact combinations, and he possesses the kind of one-punch ability that makes every single second of this matchup dangerous for Suksawat.
Seven further undercard bouts round out a stacked nine-fight card built entirely around the same promise that drives the weekly series: one big performance inside that ring can change a fighter’s entire career and future.
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