ONE Championship: 4 Thai fighters win US$10,000 bonuses at Lumpinee Stadium
- Samingdam and Dentungtong among the fighters to score post-fight bonuses at Friday Fights 12 card
- Petsukumvit defeats Kongthoranee by decision in flyweight Muay Thai main event, moving to 3-0 in ONE
Four Thai fighters took home bonus cheques at ONE Championship Friday Fights 12.
The event, which emanated from Bangkok, Thailand’s famed Lumpinee Stadium on Friday evening, featured 12 bouts under Muay Thai in MMA rules. Seven of those fights ended before the judges were needed, and four of the fighters to score finishes also earned 350,000 baht (US$10,000) post-fight bonuses from ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong.
The first bonus recipient of the night was 20-year-old Samingdam Looksuan, who defeated Javad Bigdeli with highlight-reel flying knee in the third and final round of their flyweight Muay Thai fight.
“I had to go for the finish,” he told commentator Mitch Chilson after his fight with Iran’s Bigdeli, who had plenty of success in the ring himself. “The is one of the hardest fights I’ve done before.”
Several fights, later, Thais Zeta Chor Chokamnuay and Chalawan Ngorbangkapi stepped into the ring together for a 124-pound catchweight Muay Thai clash. Zeta, 23, won the fight via first-round TKO – also good for a bonus from Chatri.
22-year-old Tubtimthong Sor Jor Lekmuangnon was the next bonus winner of the night, thanks to his first-round knockout of his fellow Thai Petchnumchai Sor Jor Tongprachin.
“I feel so happy,” he said after his win. “I didn’t know I’d get the knockout that quickly.”