Top Contenders for the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Title

Top Contenders for the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Title

The ONE Flyweight Muay Thai division is stacked with elite contenders vying for the vacant world championship. Fighters like Asadulla Gazaliev, known for his unorthodox movement and devastating kicks, and Kongtoranee, a technical fighter with precise elbows, have made strong cases. Others like Nakrob, Aslanbek Zaurbek, and Petchdamrong have also impressed with dominant performances. The division remains wide open as these athletes battle for the title.

Who are the ELITE contenders for ONE Flyweight Muay Thai world title? | Weekly. | Transcript:

Sedation of One Weekly. The flyweight Muay Thai division stands as one of the deepest and most talent-rich in One Championship. We spotlight the elite contenders chasing the vacant One flyweight Muay Thai world championship. Welcome to One Weekly. Asadulla, the Dagestan ninja, Ilias Man Gazaliev, made his mark on the division earning a world title shot against former world champion Nong-O for the vacant flyweight Muay Thai throne. Ilias Man Gazaliev opened with sharp push kicks while the Thai legend stayed composed building his rhythm.

Judge, judge, judge, time. Ready. Chok. Nong-O Asadulla Ilias Man Gazaliev, this is the fight the world has been waiting for. Can Nong-O turn back father time at 39 years young or will Asadulla continue his reign of terror? I was just going to say you can see Nong-O popping that front leg nice and high trying to be ready to check but Ilias Man Gazaliev just came up and shot right to the face as the first thing. No respect. He is ready to come in and show that he deserves to be among the very best. No respect for the living legend Nong-O already starting to showcase his just unpredictability even in the opening moments in the face of Nong-O.

Watch Ilias Man Gazaliev manage the distance keep the space switching stances and kicks to the chest. Nong-O The thing about Asadulla is he never gives his opponents a chance to get going. There's that right leg though. That right leg has tenderized more ribs than the barbecue capital of the world, Texas. Let's see what Nong-O can do with that right leg as Asadula continues to mesmerize him with movement, stance switches, and unorthodox weapons. Nong-O's throwing some stance switches of his own though. He's playing trying to keep Imangadzhi Gadzhimagomedov uncomfortable, but he catches that right leg. But the thing IS YOU CAN'T CATCH TOO many cuz there's so much power that

Nong-O throws behind them. Now going for the teeth again. Though right to the face again. Asadula, his strike rate is insane. He takes so little damage. One of the least absorbed shots in the entire organization. He's so smooth. He's so fluid. All offense. It's crazy, but I think the key to his defense is this movement. And because he's so unorthodox, there Nong-O finding home again for that right kick. Yeah, I can start to see Asadula really already targeting that left lead calf though of Nong-O's orthodox. You know, that's his traditional stance. He may be trying to hop in and out momentarily here. But Asadula looking for the mikazuki

geri now. His kicking arsenal is so diverse and he just cycles through all of them very unpredictably. At bantamweight, Nong-O has big wins over tall bantamweights. Ramazanov, De Ball, all came from Team Mitis Atut. So Team Mitis Atut has been studying Nong-O for a very long time. Is Imangadzhi Gadzhimagomedov the guy to finally stop Nong-O? 17 seconds to go in this first round of this five for a world title. Again, Asadula unable to win the title because he missed hydration. Nong-O is the only one that can take home 26 LBS OF GOLD. NONG-O LOOKS HAPPY. IN THE SECOND STANZA, the Dagestani ninja unleashed a perfectly timed combination that stunned Nong-O.

Impressive reign that Asadulla has had on ONE Friday Fights, storming through everything to get that contract. Looks spectacular in his brief time on ONE Fight Nights. Nong-O though, one of the best to ever do it. Second round underway. Yeah, and imagine after 300 fights, even though Iman Gadzhimagomedov is one of the most exciting fighters out there right now, it's hard to think that there's nothing that Nong-O hasn't seen yet. And the confidence, the ability to step in and face it, adjusting his style. But Iman Gadzhimagomedov has that left hand loaded. Now changing STANCE AGAIN.

TKO! [screaming] THE HANDS OF IMAN GADZHIMAGOMEDOV LAY OUT NONG-O IN THE SECOND. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL COMBINATION. BODY SHOTS. THE THIRD FINDS THE CHIN. IMAN GADZHIMAGOMEDOV GESTURES FOR THE BELT. With his sensational knockout victory, Asadulla Iman Gadzhimagomedov pushed his overall record to 12 and 0. However, after missing weight, Iman Gadzhimagomedov was ruled ineligible for the belt. Divisional standout Kong Thoranee made his mark on the division.

He's no stranger to veteran opposition. In December 2024, he took on Thai star Nakrob. Kong Thoranee landed heavy shots in the first round before surging forward in the second. Kong Thoranee, there's a reason why he's won five in a row, 10 of his last 11. You cannot underestimate him one iota. There's a body kick there by number four ranked contender Nattawut. Nat, you surprised Nattawut isn't using his height and reach advantage? He's trying. Right, but he's That's what's happening, right? He can't find a shot to enter that So, he's just going to go to war with him. Get close and go to war. But, in that, he's going

to leave himself open. So, if he goes first, he has to make sure that he ends it. He can't allow Pongsiri to come right back That's what's happening. Pongsiri is counter striking beautifully. Well, it's the mindset for Nattawut. I might as well fight fire with fire. And that's what he's doing. And now he's looking overwhelmed Pongsiri. Pongsiri calm under pressure. Like I said on the walk, man, Nattawut will go out on his shield TRYING TO ENTERTAIN. NATTAWUT.

WHAT A SHOT. THAT WAS RIGHT BEHIND THE EAR. HE'S DOWN OFFICIALLY IN THE SECOND. THE FOURTH TIME HE'S BEEN BUZZED. AND HIS EYES ARE STARTING to close. So, it's going to be the harder for him to get a read on that left side. THAT STRAIGHT LEFT HAS been absolutely A HUGE WEAPON FOR PONGSIRI. IT HAS BEEN A SLEDGEHAMMER CRASHING INTO THE FACE OF NATTAWUT. ANOTHER STRAIGHT LEFT for Pongsiri. AND ANOTHER STRAIGHT LEFT. AND THAT HURT NATTAWUT YET AGAIN. He gets the double leg, THE WRONG SPORT. MIDWAY POINT OF THE SECOND ROUND. ONE KNOCKDOWN HERE IN THE ROUND for Pongsiri.

Another straight left by Pongsiri. In the clinch they go. Pongsiri going after victory number 71, which would be the biggest of his career if he's able to defeat the number four ranked contender Nattawut. But, here comes Nattawut. A knee up the center. Back comes Pongsiri. An elbow there on the side of the face of Nakrob. Under a minute left in the second. Look at how composed Kongtoranee is. Doesn't waver, defends, keeps that long guard out, avoids the shots, and just picks his timing beautifully. He's either countering with the left hand or he's waiting for the elbow.

Mitch, Kongtoranee said he learned so much in that fight against Superlek. Yeah, he did, you know, and we actually got to see how good Kongtoranee is in that fight. Oh, AND NOW HERE COMES NAKROB. YEAH, THIS IS WHAT NAKROB NEEDS. They both are unloading on EACH OTHER. OOH. NAKROB PICKING UP THE PACE, EVEN THOUGH HE'S BEEN HURT AND KNOCKED DOWN HERE IN THE SECOND ROUND. NAKROB COMING FORWARD, EVEN THOUGH HIS NOSE IS STREAMING BLOOD. BUT BACK COMES KONGTORANEE. FINAL MOMENTS OF THE SECOND. WOW.

THESE TWO ARE THROWING CAUTION TO THE WIND AND JUST THROWING OUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE AND MORE. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING. We're seeing a battle between Muay Block, which is aggressive fighters, and we're seeing a battle between Muay Femur, which is the technical fighter. Kongtoranee continued to take control in the final round and picked up the clear decision victory. Your winner by unanimous decision, Kongtoranee! [screaming] Up next, flyweight Muay Thai's world-class fighters unleash their power.

Welcome back to ONE Weekly. In ONE's flyweight Muay Thai division, a stacked field of contenders continues to the vacant throne. After losing in his flyweight debut in February 2025, Nong-O returned for a rematch against Kongklai Annay. It is the former One Bantamweight Muay Thai world champion. It is the living legend that is Nong-O. The action heating up here at Oh, BIG STRAIGHT LEFT BY NONG-O. Beautiful counter shot landed by Kongklai Annay. OH, WHAT A SHOT! KONGKLAI Annay weathers the storm and answers back with a high kick.

There's a right hand that connected for Nong-O. OH MY GOODNESS! WHAT A sensational match-up between these two. Oh, WE GO DOWN. OH MY GOODNESS. Kong Toranee targeted Nong-O's legs in the first round, but the legend surged back in the second. The art of eight limbs here in this main event for ONE Fight Night 31 coming to you live from the Madison Square Garden of the East, Lumpinee go at it again.

Ooh, head kick Hanyakorn beautiful. Well, Hanyakorn landed that straight left out of the gate, TOO. MORE, BIG LEFT HAND down the middle for Hanyakorn who has switched gears here in this second round forcing Nong-O on the back foot. The referee cautioned warning of a foul. Possible low blow. Both athletes seem okay to continue as Nong-O wants a separation. Looking to do work with that right leg as Hanyakorn closes the distance. Yeah. Hanyakorn is coming forward more in this round and I'll tell you I like the Now he's starting to step back.

I like the jab work from Nong-O right there. This Good. Good counter hands coming from Hanyakorn as Nong-O looks for the elbow. And this is so highly technical. There's so much stuff that you can miss here. Hanyakorn slips that kick and then tries to come back with an elbow. Nong-O covers and he comes back with an elbow of his own. And Hanyakorn covers that. They're just high technicalities in these combinations. Well, it's your job to explain it to the people there, Rich. Frankly, You know, it's happening so fast I can only get so much in.

Just a blistering pace put forth by these two world-class strikers. Nong-O looking for the jab, goes to the body kick, sticks him with the right hand. HANYAKORN BACKS UP WITH A LEFT HAND TO THE LEFT. WOBBLES NONG-O. [screaming] BIG UPPERCUT. NONG-O WANTS SPACE. HANYAKORN TRYING TO FINISH NONG-O. 1 MINUTE 20 SECONDS TO GO. NONG-O STILL ON HIS FEET. HANYAKORN PATIENT, STALKING HIS PREY. MAN, I don't know if Nong-O would have been smarter to just go ahead and take the knee there so that he could get himself the count.

NONG-O AIN'T TAKING NO KNEE. HE'S READY. HE IS A WARRIOR. HE IS DOING BATTLE AT LUMPINEE STADIUM. THERE'S no chance he's going to take it easy. HE GOES UP TOP WITH A HEAD KICK. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW HE'S ABLE TO LIKE OH, BIG UPPER CUT. GOODNESS. REACHING FOR THE RING LIGHTS WITH AN UPPERCUT. IS NONGO AS HE GOES UP TOP. OH, NICE COUNTER SHOT FROM KONGTORANEE AS HE SLIPS OUT OF THE WAY. LEFT HAND GOES DOWN THE MIDDLE. BOBBING AND WEAVING LOOKING FOR BIG SHOTS AS NONGO TAKES HIS LEGS.

OH. SLIPPING RIB FOR NONGO AS HE PRESSES KONGTORANEE NOW INTO THE CORNER. YEAH, this would be This is good work from Nongo. He needs to start getting with the inside like this because Kongtoranee has picked up the timing of his jab and his kick. He's starting to eat more left hands in this round. So, if he comes to the inside using those kicks on the inside and you know, possibly some knees and elbows. Nongo trying to work his way back into the round as the 10-second clapper sounds. Exactly like that. He threw that kick and with the kick, he used it to close the distance so that he wasn't there for Kongtoranee to return.

Ooh, second round. Nongo's body kicks made the difference in the final round. Third and final round. Yeah, and he's coming out in the third round looking fresh. Nice combination. Throw that kick and step forward, Nongo, so that you're not there for the counter. Good right hand landed by Nongo there. Trading shots back and forth. Needed the body goes Nongo. Tries to utilize the right kick again, but Kongtoranee counters with a beautiful HAND COMBINATION AS NONGO PUTS TOGETHER A FIVE OR SIX SHOT COMBINATION TO PUSH Kongtoranee to the ropes. Yeah, you can see every time that Nongo throws a combination and then moves forward even if it leads him to the clinch, he does a better job of avoiding shots

than he does when he tries to slip backwards because that's when Kongtoranee is catching him on the exit of his conversation combinations. Good defense right there. Kongklai able to deflect a lot of the shots. Nong-O enters inside the clinch looking for a round knee. Kongklai getting broken down inside the clinch as Nong-O lands a hand back inside, gets the body lock. Referee Cost breaking these two.

2 minutes to go in the final round. You can see that Kongklai now has kind of taken his foot off the gas a little bit. I think he's tired. This is exactly what Nong-O said. He said, "I'm ready for the 135-lb division now." And we can see it and it looks like it hasn't affected his power at all, but it he has for sure made adjustments on his gas tank. Yeah, something's wrong with Kongklai. There is a lot of not There's not a lot of ammo coming back in his way. Nong-O could be breaking the number three-ranked contender looking to bust into the top five. RIGHT NOW IS NONG-O

AS he kicks the forearms again. Kongklai getting beaten up inside the corner. Comes back WITH A LEFT HAND. YEAH, NONG-O has done a good job. He just keeps coming forward. He's throwing that right kick. He's slamming it. Whether he hits the ribs or the arm, he's slamming into that left arm and it's shutting down the offense of Kongklai. Nong-O really stepping up here in this flyweight division. What an opportunity is for him to leapfrog a lot of high-level opponents and just really step his way into the top five, take this number three spot from Kongklai here, Rich.

This may possibly put him in a title contention spot, but for sure put him in the number three ranking. And this is a dominant performance by Nong-O as well. Other than that wobble that he had in the second round like this round. A good counter right there from Kongklai who's got 30 seconds to find that magic button to try to shut Nong-O off. But right now this third round is going the way of the former eight-time bantamweight champ. Can he capture a huge win in the flyweight division and over and even the score 1-1 in this saga against Kongtoranee? Nong-O uppercut straight, followed with the body kick. Kongtoranee ties him up inside the clinch looking for an elbow,

can't find it. Olivier Coste separates as Nong-O eats valuable SECONDS OFF THE CLOCK AND WE GO TO THE JUDGES' SCORECARDS. What a battle. After three rounds of intense action, Nong-O earned the unanimous decision victory and even the score. Undefeated Uzbekistani destroyer Aslan Jon Ordokov also entered the mix. In June 2025, he faced heavy-hitting veteran Petchakumvit. Petchakumvit pressed forward with heavy kicks in the opening rounds, but Ordokov's sharp boxing took over as he seized control in the third. All of Ordokov's shots like a black hole and continue to push forward. YOU GOT TO SHOW DOMINANCE. YOU GOT TO SHOW FINISHING instincts unlike any other athlete. You want a puncher's ticket to the big show. This is how you do it. You

engage in this type of fight to just PROVE TO CHATRI SITYODTONG that you deserve TO PUT YOUR NAME among the greats of ONE Championship. This is the opportunity to do it as Aslan Jon Ordokov off-balances Petchakumvit, but Petchakumvit continues to get right back into it. Oh, the strikes of Ordokov are going through right now, but Petchakumvit is walking right through them and just landing strikes of his own. HE'S OH, BIG SHOT FROM ORDOKOV FINALLY. HE GETS THE SHOT HE WAS LOOKING FOR, THE STRAIGHT RIGHT, AND HE JUST BLOWS HIS OPPONENT. BUT PETCHAKUMVIT POPS RIGHT BACK UP LIKE THE UNDERTAKER, READY TO KEEP GOING. CAN ASLAN JON ORDOKOV FINISH THE SHOW? CAN AND THE NIGHT FOR PETCHDAMRONG.

BIG PUNCHES. PETCHDAMRONG NOT BACKING DOWN. NOT ON THE BACK FOOT. CONTINUES TO FIGHT WITH THAT forward style. This madness. Petchdamrong looking like he didn't even get hit. Like you said, he went right back up and he's right back to the action. BIG SHOTS LANDED BY ORLOV. LIGHTING UP PETCHDAMRONG. CATCHES THE KICK. ORLOV WANTS TO SEE HIS NAME in lights. WANTS TO BE AMONGST THE ROSTER OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST STRIKERS. NOW HE'S GOT TO END IT. NOW HE HAS TO DIG DEEP. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ASLANBEK ZAURBEK to reach rarefied air. Petchdamrong is just willing to go out on his shield if possible. Oh, that's just the Orlov now he's just a man possessed right now. He wants that life-changing contract. He knows what he needs to do

to get that. But standing in his way is one of the most difficult people to do that to in Petchdamrong. He's really shut down the activity coming from Petchdamrong. He's not as aggressive now. He's trying to find an answer rather than getting sucked in there. Every time he pushes in, Orlov counters back, lets off a four or five piece combination. He's fighting out of orthodox right now. Then he might be fighting out of southpaw. He's so tricky and he's got the volume. Petchdamrong looking to find a shot. Trying to find a hole. Aslanbek Zaurbek just eating everything THAT'S COMING HIS WAY. KICKS TO THE BODY AND DOWN goes Petchdamrong and that's a wrap.

Aslanbek Zaurbek the true shooter tonight. As he gets the job done in emphatic fashion round With a stunning knockout victory, Aslan Zhan Ortek secured a life-changing contract to ONE's global roster. Now, the flyweight Muay Thai world championship remains vacant, and challengers are lining up for the throne.

More Entertainment Transcript