ONE Fight Night 17: Kryklia vs. Roberts just wrapped up in the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand – and we got you covered with the results and highlights right here!
The event offered eight professional Muay Thai bouts, five of which featured European fighters and seven of which ended in knockouts. And it ended up being a huge night for Europe with five victories, including a heavyweight championship.
Opening the show, WBC European champion Ellis ”El Jefe” Barboza of the United Kingdom took on Thongpoon and put on an incredible performance as he knocked down the Thai star with a vicious elbow in round two before getting the finish with nasty body shots in round three.
Denis “The Bosnian Menace” Puric, UK fighter Jacob Smith and Russia’s Dmitry Menshikov also secured impressive wins by stoppage on the ONE Fight Night 17 fight card.
In the main event, the reigning ONE light heavyweight kickboxing champ and ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix winner Roman Kryklia became a two-sport world champion as the Ukrainian knocked out Australia’s Alex Roberts – a WBC Muay Thai heavyweight champ – to become the inaugural ONE Muay Thai heavyweight world champion.
