ONE Championship kicked off 2025 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand last night with a strong fight card with plenty of MMA interest.
ONE Fight Night 27 saw Akbar Abdullaev remain undefeated in the main event with a dominant performance against Tang Kai.
Unfortunately, due to his errors at the weigh-ins, the challenger was unable to leave Bangkok with the ONE featherweight world championship despite producing the biggest win of his career to date.
A stoppage in the fifth round saw him maintain his 100% finishing record by climbing to 12-0 and halting the highly impressive winning streak of the titleholder.
The second title fight of the night belonged to Denice Zamboanga who finished Alyona Rassohyna in the second round to win the interim ONE atomweight world championship.
She will now go on to face her former training partner Stamp Fairtex in a title unification once the Thai superstar has returned from the injury that forced her out of ONE 167 last year.
Sanzhar Zakirov continued his unbeaten winning streak in the promotion by earning a big unanimous decision victory over strawweight veteran Tatsumitsu Wada.
Meng Bo was able to derail the momentum of Chihiro Sawada at atomweight by getting her hand raised via the judges at the end of three rounds.
Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu racked up another impressive performance under the ONE banner by submitting Aaron Canarte via a kimura in the third round.
The night also produced a series of striking highlights alongside a submission grappling contest which was won by Dante Leon in his rematch with Tommy Langaker.
Former ONE bantamweight MMA champion John Lineker suffered his first loss in Muay Thai following a remarkable comeback from Kulabdam which resulted in some divisive scorecards.
ONE is now full steam ahead for the huge ONE 170 card which is coming up later this month at the Impact Arena in Bangkok on January 24.
