The fight ended quickly in the first round. After an unexpected incident when “Jared” broke the rules and “Joshua” threw his head to the ground so that he could not continue the competition, causing “Jared” to lose immediately. As a result, the world championship belt fell from the waist and returned to the former champion, “Joshua.”
At the opening of the first round, neither party dared to withdraw their weapons recklessly. The most notable events came in the next round after Al-Mahdi decided to speed up the fighting. Until the moment he hit him with a right hook on the head, Sahar collapsed and demanded that the score be calculated first. In the last round, Mahdi began confident of himself, and showed his skill in directing punches and collecting points until the end. The end of three rounds, as “Meh” Jed returned to fight after a year and 4 months and won unanimously.
Main bout: Anatoly Malkin won by TKO over Reinier de Ridder at 1:16 of round three (ONE World MMA Championship, middleweight 185-205 lbs).
Second Pair: Tang Kai won by TKO over Thanh Ly at 4:48 of round three (ONE MMA World Championship, featherweight 145-155 lbs).
Second Pair: Joshua Pacio defeated Jared Brooks, disqualified at 0:56 of round 1 (ONE MMA World Championship, strawweight 115-125 lbs).
Amir Ali Akbari defeated Arjan Bhullar, who was disqualified at 4:15 of the third round (MMA heavyweight 225-265 lbs).
Mehdi Satout defeated Sahar Al-Qahtani (boxing, catchweight 147 lbs) unanimously.
Vladimir Kuzmin won by unanimous decision over Dhafir Saik (muay Thai, catchweight 147.75 lbs).
Kleber Souza won by submission over Osama El Marawi at 5:31 of round one (flyweight wrestling 125-135 pounds).
Ali Saldoyev defeated Zakaria Al-Jamri by knockout at 0:51 of the second round (Muay Thai, catch weight 137.75 lbs).
Shinji Suzuki wins by unanimous decision over Han Shi Hao (Muay Thai, bantamweight 135-145 lbs).
Keto Yamakita won by submission over Jeremy Mido at 4:04 of round 1 (MMA Strawweight 115 – 125 lbs).
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