ONE Fight Night 45 Reshapes Contender Picture After Cesar Debut And Muay Thai KOs

Overview

• Antonio 'The Flash' Cesar won his ONE promotional debut by unanimous decision over Lito Adiwang on July 17, using sustained grappling, north-south knees and ground-and-pound to announce himself as a serious flyweight contender.
• Lee Seung Cheol outpointed Bokang Masunyane by unanimous decision to stake a claim at the strawweight title and present a clear next-in-line challenger to champion Joshua Pacio.
• Ruslan Satiev handed previously unbeaten Sanzhar Zakirov his first professional loss by unanimous decision after stuffing takedowns and using targeted kicks and knees to control the flyweight contest.
• Suablack Tor Pran49 stopped Stephen Irvine with a second-round elbow knockout in the Muay Thai co-main event and earned a US$50,000 performance bonus, while Dmitrii Kovtun and Black Panther scored unanimous-decision Muay Thai wins that moved them up their divisions.
• Anastasia Nikolakakos remained unbeaten with a split-decision atomweight victory and Victoria Souza claimed the biggest win of her career over Ayaka Miura, results that together alter rankings and set up near-term title conversations across ONE's MMA and Muay Thai rosters.