Ratchasiesan Meets Elbrus Osmanov At The Inner Circle Main Event On May 1
Two fighters who walk forward, carry genuine knockout power, and have no interest in decisions headline The Inner Circle on Friday, May 1, live in Asia primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
Ratchasiesan Laochokcharoen — formerly known as Kulabdam and two-time Lumpinee Stadium Muay Thai World Champion and 2017 Sports Writers Association of Thailand Fighter of the Year — tops the card in a featherweight Muay Thai main event against Russia’s Elbrus Osmanov.
Ratchasiesan has built his entire career around his left straight, a southpaw weapon that has ended fights at every level he has competed at. When it lands clean, the outcome is rarely in doubt.
Osmanov has the finishing credentials to match him. The Russian carries a 14-1 record with nine wins inside the distance, most recently scoring a first-round knockout at ONE Friday Fights 117 before backing it up with a decision win over Saemapetch that featured multiple knockdowns.
The performance showed both his punching power and his ability to sustain pressure across three hard rounds. His sharp boxing combinations and willingness to throw spinning attacks when opponents expect straight exchanges make him a far more complex problem than his record suggests.
The co-main event brings together Duangdawnoi Looksaikongdin and Hong Kong debutant Yana Yip in atomweight Muay Thai.
Duangdawnoi is a backfoot technician who draws opponents into well-timed elbows and has the kind of single-shot precision that can swing a fight in a single exchange. Her second-round stoppage of Regan Gowing at ONE Friday Fights 137 earned her a bonus for exactly that quality.
Yip arrives on a three-fight winning streak, an aggressive pressure boxer who builds high-volume combinations and will look to close the distance from the opening bell. The stylistic tension between a composed counterpuncher and a relentless forward-marcher gives the co-main its own compelling logic.
The bantamweight kickboxing bout between Cho Kyeong Jae and Dzhamil Osmanov — younger brother of Elbrus — adds a family subplot to the card and delivers a matchup between two heavy-handed finishers at 135 pounds.
Suksawat PK Saenchai and Linus Bylander meet in a bantamweight Muay Thai contest between two southpaws with venomous left body kicks, and 16-year-old Riku Ito opens the night against Chatpet Suablackmuaythai in atomweight Muay Thai.
The Inner Circle May 1 Full Card
- Ratchasiesan Laochokcharoen vs. Elbrus Osmanov (Muay Thai – featherweight)
- Duangdawnoi Looksaikongdin vs. Yana Yip (Muay Thai – atomweight)
- Suksawat PK Saenchai vs. Linus Bylander (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
- Cho Kyeong Jae vs. Dzhamil Osmanov (kickboxing – bantamweight)
- Chatpet Suablackmuaythai vs. Riku Ito (Muay Thai – atomweight)
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