ONE Friday Fights 41: Nakrob Ends Dedduanglek, Songchainoi Earns ONE Contract

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ONE Friday Fights 41 delivered 11 sensational bouts across Muay Thai, kickboxing, and MMA on Friday, 17 November, as ONE Championship returned to Bangkok, Thailand's Lumpinee Boxing Stadium once again.

The main event saw Nakrob Fairtex return to winning ways in huge fashion as he shocked fans in toppling #3-ranked flyweight Muay Thai contender Dedduanglek TDed99 in the third round.

Nakrob put the pressure on Dedduanglek from the first bell, dropping his Thai countryman with a huge right hand in the opening frame to set the tone for what was to come. The early knockdown prevented Dedduanglek from finding his feet in the contest, allowing Nakrob to pursue a finish.

The 25-year-old's body of work paid dividends in the final frame, though, as he landed a stern right hand to the sternum of Dedduanglek, forcing an end to the contest 51 seconds into the third round.

But while Nakrob made good in his main event opportunity, Songchainoi Kiatsongrit and Rak Erawan were the talk of the town in the evening's 116-pound catchweight Muay Thai co-main event, as the former walked away with a US$100,000 contract and the unanimous decision.

Songchainoi set the pace early on by dropping Rak in just 45 seconds. He followed up with another clean left hook to drop his adversary for a second consecutive time at the earliest convenience.

Rak was down but not out, though, dropping Songchainoi with a knockdown of his own in the second frame as madness ascended to the forefront of the contest and the scores evened.

The final frame saw the pair light up Lumpinee Stadium with a vocabulary of shots between them, but Songchainoi's precision was the difference in the third round as he picked up the unanimous decision win and earned the lucrative US$100,000 contract as a result.

ONE Friday Fights 41 Results

• Nakrob Fairtex defeats Dedduanglek TDed99 via TKO (referee stoppage) at 0:51 of round three (Muay Thai - flyweight)
• Songchainoi Kiatsongrit defeats Rak Erawan via unanimous decision (Muay Thai - catchweight 116 lbs) - 1 knockdown Rak,
• Suriyanlek Por Yenying defeats Tomyamkoong Bhumjaithai via KO (punch combination) at 2:47 of round three (Muay Thai - catchweight 132 lbs)
• Buakhiao Por Paoin defeats Paruethanoi TBM Gym via unanimous decision (Muay Thai - catchweight 138 lbs)
• Parnpet Sor Jor Lekmuangnon defeats Meysam Adelniya via TKO (8 counts) at 0:30 of round two (Muay Thai - catchweight 126 lbs)
• Yodnumchai Fairtex defeats Champangarm Por Pramuk via KO (left elbow) at 2:21 of round one (Muay Thai - catchweight 114 lbs)
• Tagir Khalilov defeats Yodlekpet Or Atchariya via split decision (Muay Thai - catchweight 136 lbs)
• View Petkosol defeats Aslanbek Zikreev via unanimous decision (Muay Thai - catchweight 126 lbs)
• Sulaiman Looksuanmuaythai defeats Kijani Aytch via unanimous decision (Muay Thai - flyweight)
• Ruslan Satiev defeats Farid Alibabazade via split decision (MMA - flyweight)
• Gadzhimurad Amirzhanov defeats Morteza Noroozi via TKO (ground-and-pound) at 3:25 of round two (MMA - welterweight)