ONE Fight Night 21 Full Results: Alexis Nicolas Edges Regian Eersel To Win ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Title
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Last weekend saw an action-packed weekend for ONE Championship, and when the dust settled, we saw a new World Champion being crowned.
At ONE Friday Fights 21, undefeated Frenchman Alexis “Barboza” Nicolas put a stop to Regian “The Immortal” Eersel’s dominant reign atop the two sports in the division with a spectacular performance to win the ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Title inside the iconic Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
The win earned by Alexi Nicolas
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Nicolas showed that he meant business early on, as he attacked Eersel’s legs to set the tone for the match. “The Immortal” would retaliate though, landing massive punches as if to remind the challenger why he is at the top of the division.
However, the second round proved to be a huge one for “Barboza” as he stunned the champ with a huge right cross that led to a knockdown. Sensing a great deal of urgency following the knockdown, Eersel would be the more aggressive fighter through the rest of the match. Nicolas would not back down though, which led to an unpredictable result.
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As ONE ring announcer Dom Lau read the results, both men waited in anticipation at whose hand was going to be raised. Ultimately, the victory would be awarded to Nicolas, extending his undefeated streak to 24-0. Apart from getting the coveted belt, the 25-year-old also put an end to Eersel’s 22-fight win streak that dates all the way back to 2016.
In the co-main event, Tye Ruotolo successfully defended the ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Championship against Australia’s Izaak Michell with a submission they called the “Ruotolotine.” Earlier in the night, his brother, Kade, pulled off a modified arm-in choke from the back to pick up a win against Francisco Lo and earn himself a US$50,000 performance bonus. During the post-fight interview, the brothers agreed to call it the “Ruotolotine”.
Other big wins witnessed by the many
Amazingly, Tye would perform the exact same move as his brother and also get the tap and a bonus of his own. Meanwhile, in heavyweight MMA action, charismatic Canadian star Ben Tynan claimed another stoppage and the last bonus of the event at the expense of Australia’s Duke Didier.
Following his win, he took the opportunity to call out three-division MMA World Champion Anatoly Malykhin, saying “no middleweight can beat him” in a match. Here are the full results of ONE Fight Night 21:
Jeremy Pacatiw defeated Wang Shuo via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:07 of round 1 (bantamweight – MMA)
Songchainoi defeated Nicolas Leite Silva via unanimous decision (strawweight – Muay Thai)
Hiroyuki Tetsuka defeated Valmir Da Silva via submission (north-south choke) at 3:34 of round two (welterweight – MMA)
Dedduanglek defeated Taiki Naito via unanimous decision (136-pound catchweight – kickboxing)
Kade Ruotolo defeated Francisco Lo via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:48 (180-pound catchweight – submission grappling)
Denis Puric defeated Jacob Smith via unanimous decision (flyweight – Muay Thai)
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Ben Tynan defeated Duke Didier via TKO (inside elbow to ground-and-pound) at 2:36 of round one (heavyweight – MMA)
Suablack Tor Pran49 defeated Vladimir Kuzmin via unanimous decision (146.5-pound catchweight – Muay Thai)
Tye Ruotolo defeated Izaak Michell via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:43 (ONE welterweight submission grappling world championship)
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Alexis Nicolas defeated Regian Eersel via unanimous decision (ONE lightweight kickboxing world championship)
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