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Shannon Wiratchai beats Poriya Golpour by first-round TKO at ONE Friday Fights 3. Photos: ONE Championship.
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ONE Championship Friday Fights 3: Shannon Wiratchai wins comeback fight, Petsukumvit out-duels Chorfah in headliner

  • Thai MMA star Wiratchai defeats Poriya Golpour by first-round TKO in his first fight since August, 2020 – good for a US$10,000 bonus
  • Petsukumvit defeats fellow Thai Chorfah Tor. Sangtiennoi by decision in the card’s thrilling flyweight Muay Thai headliner
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Shannon Wiratchai showed no signs of ring rust at ONE Championship Friday Fights 3 in Bangkok, when he ended a hiatus of nearly three years for a featherweight MMA clash with Iran’s Poriya Golpour.

The Thai star defeated his foe in the final minute of round one, first hurting the Iranian with a knee, then dropping him with a punch and finishing him with ground strikes.

His win, the first since he defeated Fabio Pinca by split-decision in August 2020, drove the fans in the packed Lumpinee Stadium into a frenzy of excitement.

“I’m so happy to fight in Lumpinee,” Wiratchai said, addressing the crowd in the hallowed Muay Thai arena during his post-fight interview. “I’m not a Muay Thai fighter, I’ve never had a Muay Thai fight, but Muay Thai played a big part in my career.”

Wiratchai’s win was impressive, but it was not without controversy.

Before he finished Golpour, the Thai denied two takedown attempts with his arm laced through the ropes of the ring, and was handed a yellow card by the referee as a result.

He admitted he “deserved” the warning in his post-fight interview, but any disappointment he felt was surely diminished by the US$10,000 bonus he then received from ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong.

Petsukumvit lands a kick on Chorfah in the ONE Friday Fights 3 main event.

ONE Friday Fights 3 was headlined by a flyweight Muay Thai clash between Petsukumvit Boi Bangna and Chorfah Tor. Sangtiennoi.

The two Thais engaged in a thrilling war over three rounds, with Petsukumvit ultimately winning a unanimous decision on the strength of the bout’s lone knockdown.

In the second last bout of the night, Russia’s Elbrus Amirkhanovich won his bantamweight kickboxing fight with Thailand’s Paedsanlek PK. Saenchai with a first-round spinning kick to the body – also good for a US$10,000 bonus from Chatri.

See the complete results from the event in Lumpinee below.

  • Flyweight Muay Thai: Petsukumvit Boi Bangna defeats Chorfah Tor. Sangtiennoi via unanimous decision

  • Bantamweight Kickboxing: Elbrus Amirkhanovich defeats Paedsanlek PK. Saenchai via knockout at 1:41 of round one

  • Strawweight Muay Thai: Kongchai Chanaidonmueang defeats Kritpetch PK. Saenchai via knockout at 1:15 of round one

  • Bantamweight Muay Thai: Ilyas Musaev defeats Panrit Lukjaomaesaiwaree via knockout at 1:03 of round two

  • Atomweight Muay Thai: Yu Yau Pui defeats TheStar Sitcho via: knockout at 1:12 of round two

  • Lightweight Muay Thai: Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong defeats Mustafa Al Tekreeti via unanimous decision

  • Featherweight MMA: Shannon Wiratchai defeats Poriya Golpour via TKO at 4:33 of round one

  • Featherweight Muay Thai: Alex Bublea defeats Alan Yauny via unanimous decision

  • Lightweight: Allisson Barbosa defeats Elliot Compton via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:28 of round one

  • Strawweight Muay Thai: Dokmaipa Fairtex defeats Barbara Aguiar via unanimous decision

  • Bantamweight MMA: Ivan Parshikov defeats Dmitriy Babkin via unanimous decision

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