ONE Championship: 3 Reasons To Watch ONE Friday Fights 22

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On 23 June, fans will see the biggest ONE Friday Fights card in history take place at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, and the evening's headliner has everything you could want in a combat sports event.

ONE Friday Fights 22 features some of the promotion's biggest names across mixed martial arts and Muay Thai. With that, let's take a look at three reasons to watch ONE Friday Fights 22 this weekend.

1. ONE Heavyweight World Championship Unification Bout: In the main event, Lumpinee loyals will finally bare witness to the heavyweight score-settler between ONE Heavyweight World Champion Arjan Bhullar and interim titleholder Anatoly Malykhin.

The heated rivalry will reach its boiling point in Bangkok. While Bhullar's negotiations and injuries have prolonged the fight, Malykhin has been iching for over a year to prove he is indeed the best heavyweight on the planet.

The wait has only made this rivalry more personal, with both men throwing shade at one another. So there will certainly be no love lost when these two bulls finally lock horns inside the ring at Lumpinee Stadium.

2. ONE Interim Strawweight Muay Thai World Title Clash: In the co-main event, a colossal rematch takes place between former ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Champions Prajanchai PK Saenchai and Sam-A Gaiyanghadao, this time with the division's interim crown on the line.

When the pair met last time around at ONE: BATTLEGROUND in July 2021, Prajanchai left victorious, taking Sam-A's strawweight Muay Thai gold with him. Afterward, Sam-A took a hiatus from ONE and Prajanchai lost his belt to Joseph Lasiri in May 2022.

Sam-A eventually returned to ONE after earning back-to-back wins in Thailand, and with Lasiri currently sidelined by injuries, Sam-A and Prajanchai will now slug it out for the ONE Interim Strawweight Muay Thai World Title.

It's a tale of redemption for both men. Should Prajanchai leave victorious, it's a chance to avenge his loss to Lasiri, whereas a victory for Sam-A has Hollywood-esque drama written all over it.

3. Established Legend Versus Teen Rising Star: It's safe to say that Superlek Kiatmoo9 is in the midst of a successful year in ONE. "The Kicking Machine" kicked off his year by attaining the ONE Flyweight Kickboxing World Title at ONE Fight Night 6 against Daniel Puertas.

Just two months later, he successfully defended it at ONE Fight Night 8 in March by knocking out Danial Williams in the third round. But now, he returns to his bread and butter in 4-ounce Muay Thai gloves for the first time this year.

Awaiting him is another Muay Thai prodigy in 6-foot-2 Nabil Anane, who rides a seven-fight winning streak into his promotional debut. The Thai-Algerian battler was due to debut earlier this year against Panpayak Jitmuangnon, and now he gets just as big of a welcoming in Superlek.

The ONE flyweight kickboxing king will be looking to return to "the art of eight limbs" in stunning fashion. But for Anane, it's an opportunity to make a prolific statement against Superlek and soar into the ONE flyweight Muay Thai rankings at only 19 years old.