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Tom Taylor

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The line-up for ONE Championship Friday Fights 2 is now complete.
The event will emanate from the hallowed Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, this Friday.
The promotion announced the headlining attraction for the card over the weekend, and unveiled the remainder of the 11-fight line-up on Monday.












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The card will be topped by a bantamweight Muay Thai rematch between Kulabdam Sor. Jor. Piek Uthai and Sangmanee PK. Saenchai, both of Thailand.
The pair first met in July 2020, in the opening round of ONE’s bantamweight Muay Thai grand prix. Kulabdam won the first encounter, flattening his countryman with a left hand in round one.
Kulabdam then lost a decision against Rodlek PK. Saenchai in the tournament finale, while Sangmanee lost a decision to Tawanchai PK. Saenchai, who now holds ONE’s featherweight Muay Thai title, in his next fight. Both men have had mixed results in and out of the ONE Circle since then, but remain high-level fighters.

Kulabdam 🇹🇭 punches his ticket to the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai Tournament finals with a shocking first-round knockout of Thai superstar Sangmanee! #NoSurrender3 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/NxXpmbeQNl
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) August 21, 2020

The penultimate bout of the ONE Friday Fights 2 bill will see Chalamkhao PK. Saenchai take on Petchthong Kiatsongrit in a strawweight Muay Thai clash. Both Thais will be competing under the ONE banner for the first time.
The card will also feature an appearance from bantamweight Muay Thai contender Pongsiri PK. Saenchai, also from Thailand, who will look to rebound from a knockout loss to Alaverdi Ramazanov against Turkish newcomer Ferzan Cicek.
Pongsiri had been set to meet former title challenger Liam Harrison at last week’s ONE Fight Night 6 card, but that plan fell through when the Briton needed more time to recover from lingering injuries.

Estonia’s Marie Ruumet, who battled the highly-regarded Anissa Meksen to a decision loss last year, is also set to return to action on the card. She will meet Vietnamese-American newcomer Thai-Ngan Le in an atomweight Muay Thai bout.
Friday’s event will be ONE’s second in Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium, which is the most famous Muay Thai arena in the world.
The promotion debuted in the iconic venue with ONE Friday Fights 1 last week. The card was headlined by a bantamweight Muay Thai title fight, with dominant champion Nong-O Gaiyanghadao defending his belt with a stoppage of Alaverdi Ramazanov.


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Friday’s event at Lumpinee Stadium topped by a bantamweight Muay Thai rematch, as Sangmanee looks to avenge 2020 KO loss
Card will also feature appearances ONE veteran Pongsiri PK. Saenchai, and a host of promising fighters making their debuts


ONE Championship’s second card at famed Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok will be topped by a bantamweight Muay Thai rematch, as Sangmanee PK. Saenchai looks to avenge 2020 KO loss.


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