''ONE Fight Night 12: Superlek vs. Khalilov'' was a

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event produced by

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that took place on July 15, 2023, at

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, Thailand.

Background

A ONE Heavyweight World Championship unification bout between current champion

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and interim champion Anatoly Malykhin was scheduled to headline the event. The pair were previously scheduled to square off at

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and then

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, but were moved to this event due to a change in broadcast commitments. However, on May 19, 2023, it was announced that the fight was moved to ONE Friday Fights 22. A rematch for the

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between current champion

Tang Kai Tang Kai (Chinese: 唐凯, January 10, 1996) is a Chinese professional mixed martial artist currently competes in the Featherweight division for ONE Championship. He is the current ONE Featherweight World Champion. Mixed martial arts career E ...

and former champion

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was scheduled to headline the event. However, Tang withdrew from the fight due to a knee injury and the fight was cancelled. A ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing World Championship bout between current champion

Roman Kryklia Roman Olegovich Kryklia ( Ukrainian: Роман Олегович Крикля; born October 11, 1991) is a Ukrainian heavyweight kickboxer currently signed to ONE Championship when he completes both Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight divisio ...

and

Françesko Xhaja Françesko Xhaja (born August 9, 1993) is an Albanian-born Italian kickboxer, currently competing in the light heavyweight division of ONE Championship. As of March 2023, he is ranked as the tenth best heavyweight kickboxer in the world by Beyond ...

was expected to headline the event. However, Xhaja withdraw from the bout due to injury. As a result, a flyweight muay thai bout between current ONE Flyweight Kickboxing Champion Superlek Kiatmuu9 and Tagir Khalilov promoted to main event status. Khalilov who scheduled to fight

Elias Mahmoudi Elias Mahmoudi is an Algerian-French Muay Thai fighter currently signed to ONE Championship, where he competes in the Flyweight division. He is the former WPMF World 61 kg and WBC Muaythai International super featherweight champion. As of Novembe ...

at this event. A featherweight bout between former ONE Featherweight title challenger and #2 ranked

Garry Tonon Garry Lee Tonon (born September 12, 1991) is an American submission grappler and mixed martial artist. He is a five-time Eddie Bravo Invitational champion, and has won titles at ADCC submission wrestling championship, IBJJF ...

and #5 ranked Shamil Gasanov served as the co-main event. A women's atomweight muay thai bout between former WMC (-45 kg) World champion Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom and the reigning ISKA Oriental rules World Super Featherweight (−59 kg) champion

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took place at the event. At the weigh-ins, Superlek Kiatmuu9,

Walter Goncalves Walter Gonçalves (born June 1, 1998) is a Brazilian Muay Thai fighter. As of November 24, 2022, he is ranked #3 in the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai rankings. Muay thai career Gonçalves was booked to face Denkongchai Dabransalakham for the vacant ...

and Yuya Wakamatsu missed weight. Superlek weighed in at 135.25 lbs, 0.25 pounds over the limit, Goncalves weighed in at 135.75 pounds, 0.75 pounds over the limit, and Wakamatsu weighed in at 135.5 pounds, 0.5 pounds over the limit. All the bouts proceeded at catchweight with each being fined their purse of his purse, which went to their opponents Tagir Khalilov, Banma Duoji and Xie Wei respectively.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. *Performance of the Night: Garry Tonon, Amir Aliakbari, Akbar Abdullaev, Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom and Bogdan Shumarov

References

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Background

Results

Bonus awards

See also

References