ONE: ‘Unbreakable III’ preview
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ONE: “Unbreakable” Part III will be broadcast on Friday. The event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium is headlined by an atomweight fight between Stamp Fairtex and Alyona Rassohnya.
The card consists exclusively of MMA fights and features two heavyweight newcomers as well as No. 2-ranked bantamweight Shoko Sato.
Tial Thang vs. Paul Lumihi (
Bantamweight
)
Tial Thang (2-0) trains with Aung La Nsang and is hoping to become a breakout star in his ancestral home of Myanmar. Both his fights have gone the distance and he faces a step up here, going up against an opponent with a winning record for the first time in his career.
In the co-main event, rising Brazilian star Fabricio “Wonder Boy” Andrade put on a striking masterclass, outlasting #2-ranked bantamweight Shoko Sato across three close rounds of intense action to win by unanimous decision. The Japanese athlete shot for takedowns from range, aiming to bring matters to the ground. Andrade, however, utilized his superior striking skills to keep Sato at bay and neutralize his wrestling. A sharp elbow from Andrade opened up a cut on Sato’s forehead in the final round, scoring heavily for the Brazilian in the damage category. In the end, all three judges scored the bout in favor of Andrade.
ONE: Unbreakable III Recap
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The six-bout card from the Singapore Indoor Stadium saw five of the bouts end before the final bell. With two submissions and three knockouts, there was a little something for everyone on the card.
And there were certainly some talking points at the close of the show.
Stamp Fairtex looked to be well on her way to victory against
Alyona Rassohyna in the main event, but a last-gasp guillotine changed everything. The Ukrainian tied up Stamp, but the Thai appeared to be in a position where she could survive until the final bell.
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First, she won the ONE kickboxing title. The Muay Thai crown followed. Now, Stamp Fairtex has her sights set on ONE’s women’s atomweight championship. Can she complete the hat trick? Only time will tell.
Stamp isn’t fighting for a belt at Friday’s
ONE Championship: Unbreakable III, but she needs to get past opponent Alyona Rassohyna to move one step closer to a crack at the gold. Thus far, Stamp is undefeated through five opponents in her MMA campaign. Only two of those foes come even close to half the experience that Ukraine’s Rassohyna will carry into the cage this weekend in Singapore. The 16-fight veteran is a skilled grappler, too, which could pose problems for a striker like Stamp.
Published February 1, 2021, 4:04 PM
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Filipino fighter Robin Catalan is set to return in the Circle after more than a year, taking on Ryuto Sawada of Japan in ONE: Unbreakable III at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday.
Catalan, representing the Makati-based stable Catalan Fighting System, hopes to kickstart the team’s 2021 campaign on a good note after No. 4 strawweight Rene and atomweight contender Jhomary Torres suffered back-to-back losses in ONE: Big Bang last December.
The 30-year-old Catalan, the younger brother of Rene, last saw action in November 2019 with a second-round knockout win over Cuban wrestler Gustavo Balart. to improve at 10-6 record.