ONE Championship Friday Fights 6 line-up set with former kickboxing champ Ilias Ennahachi’s bantamweight debut
- Ennahachi relinquished the flyweight title after failing to make weight for a fight with Superlek Kiatmoo9, and will debut at bantamweight this Friday
- Debuting Thais Gingsanglek Tor Laksong and Kongthoranee Sor Sommai will meet in the headlining attraction of the event at Lumpinee
ONE Championship has revealed the complete card for its Friday show in Lumpinee Stadium, and the biggest name on the bill will fight long before the main event.
The Friday event, ONE’s sixth in the world-famous Muay Thai arena in Bangkok, Thailand, will be topped by a flyweight Muay Thai clash between Gingsanglek Tor Laksong vs. Kongthoranee Sor Sommai, both of whom will be making their promotional debuts.
Yet it will also include the return of former flyweight kickboxing champion Ilias Ennahachi, who will meet Turkey’s Ferzan Cicek in a bantamweight clash that should dominate much of the pre-fight chatter.
It is not surprising to see Ennahachi competing so early in the night, despite his being a former champion. While he remains one of ONE’s top kickboxers, his year has got off to a rocky start.
The 26-year-old Moroccan-Dutch fighter started 2023 with the flyweight belt still in his possession, and was set to defend the title against Thailand’s Superlek Kiatmoo9 at ONE Fight Night 6 in Bangkok last month. It would have been his first fight since a hotly debated decision win over the same man nearly two years ago – but it was not meant to be.
Days before the fight, Ennahachi notified ONE that he would not be able to make the flyweight division’s 135-pound limit, and relinquished the title with plans to move up to bantamweight.
ONE Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong did not hide his disappointment about Ennahachi’s failure to show up for the fight.