By The Numbers: One Championship 158
Tawanchai P.K.Saenchai continued his march toward superstardom and cemented himself as the No. 1 contender for the One Championship muay Thai featherweight title, as he systematically dismantled Niclas Larsen and wiped out the promotional newcomer with punches in the second round of their One 158 headliner on Friday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Tawanchai, now 127-31-2, brought it to a close 1:42 into Round 2 and immediately turned his attention to reigning champion Petchmorakot Petchyindee. Meanwhile, the mixed martial arts portion of the mixed-rules event provided its own thrills, chills and spills.
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62: Seconds needed for surging featherweight contender Fabricio Andrade to put away Kwon Won Il in the co-main event. A body kick from the Brazilian netted his third consecutive first-round finish and seventh straight win overall.
24: Years of age for Andrade. The youngest mixed
martial artist on the card, he was born on Oct. 10, 1997 in
Fortaleza, Brazil.
854: Days between losses for Il. The defeat to Andrade marked the South Korean knockout artist’s first setback since he submitted to a Shoko Sato rear-naked choke at One “Fire and Fury” on Jan. 31, 2020.
9: Reece McLaren wins by submission after he put away Wei Xie with a rear-naked choke in the first round of their flyweight showcase. Those nine victories account for 60% of the Australian’s career total. McLaren’s methods of choice: five rear-naked chokes, one armbar, one kimura, one brabo choke and one arm-triangle choke.
.657: Cumulative winning percentage between the three opponents—McLaren, Danny Kingad and Toshinori Tsunemura—who have beaten Xie. They sport a combined record of 46-21-3. McLaren was the first to finish him.
13: Route-going efforts from Kairat Akhmetov after he laid claim to a unanimous verdict over Tatsumitsu Wada in their three-round flyweight attraction. The former champion improved to 11-2 in bouts that reach the judges.
39: Years of age for Alex Silva. The oldest mixed martial artist on the card, he was born on Oct. 10, 1982 in Ubatuba, Brazil. Silva submitted Adrian Mattheis with a heel hook 3:34 into the first round of their strawweight rematch, evening their head-to-head series at 1-1.
3: Consecutive stoppage wins for two-time Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Championships gold medalist Marcus Almeida, who dispatched Simon Carson with punches 2:24 into the first round of their heavyweight prelim. One of the most accomplished grapplers to ever enter the MMA sphere, “Buchecha” has finished his first three opponents in less than nine minutes combined.
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