SUMMARY
- ONE Championship has some of the best fighters in the world.
- Here are some undefeated fighters that fans should look forward to witnessing in action.
Four Undefeated Stars To Watch For In ONE Championship ONE is home to some of the world’s very best combat sports athletes but even still, few make it to the global stage without taking a loss along the way.
ONE Fight Night 21 on Prime Video this past weekend featured two fighters who retained their unblemished records with signature wins at the iconic Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Here are the men still yet to taste defeat as a professional.
Alexis Nicolas
Alexis Nicolas was the biggest story of the blockbuster April 5 card of ONE Fight Night 21. “Barboza” snapped two-sport World Champion Regian Eersel’s 22-fight win streak and claimed the ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Title in the process.
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The French kickboxer shocked the world when he dropped “The Immortal” in the second round on his way to a unanimous decision upset. But it shouldn’t be that much of a surprise considering Nicolas’s perfect 24-0 record.
Ben Tynan
Canada’s Ben Tynan looms as the next big player in ONE’s stacked heavyweight division. “Vanilla Thunder” dispatched Australian standout Duke Didier inside one round this past weekend to improve his record to 6-0. Incredibly, none of the former NCAA Division I wrestler’s opponents have made it to the final bell.
Tynan quickly made overtures toward three-division ONE World Champion Anatoly Malykhin. Any future matchup between the pair shapes as must-see viewing, and Tynan urged fans to get on board before it’s too late.
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“Thanks so much for the support guys,” he said. “If you’re not a part of Team Vanilla, jump on Team Vanilla, because I was saying earlier, you don’t want to be a bandwagon member of Team Vanilla. You want to get on it while it’s early because big things are coming. Jump on, let’s do this.”
Looking forward to ONE Fight Night 22 next month, two more undefeated phenoms will be on show.
Akbar Abdullaev
A pivotal featherweight MMA contest will take center stage at ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova on Prime Video on May 3. Here are the two undefeated contenders looking to advance their claims to the next shot at reigning divisional king Tang Kai.
Akbar Abdullaev looms as the dark horse of the talent-rich featherweight division. The 26-year-old Kyrgyz rising star is 10-0, and he has reeled off two-straight first-round knockouts since making the jump to ONE Championship last year.
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Nine of his 10 wins have come in the first round, while the one opponent that made it to the second soon succumbed by submission, making Abdullaev a genuine threat to the division’s top five.
Halil Amir
Standing in Abdullaev’s way, however, is Turkish wrecking machine Halil Amir. “No Mercy” is moving down from lightweight to join the featherweight ranks after a glittering start to his ONE Championship campaign.
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Amir has won all three of his fights on the global stage so far, two by knockout, with victories over top names such as Timofey Nastyukhin and Ahmed Mujtaba taking his professional mark to 10-0. Someone’s unblemished record is set to go at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, and the featherweight elite should watch closely.