| ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs. Nicolas | ||||
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 The poster for ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs. Nicolas | ||||
| Promotion | ONE Championship | |||
| Date | April 6, 2024 (2024-April-06) | |||
| Venue | Lumpinee Boxing Stadium | |||
| City | Bangkok, Thailand | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs. Nicolas was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on April 6, 2024, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
Background
A ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Championship bout between current champion (also current ONE Lightweight Muay Thai World Champion) Regian Eersel and Alexis Nicolas headlined the event.
A ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Championship bout between current champion Tye Ruotolo and Izaak Michell took place at the co-main event. The bout was originally scheduled at ONE 166 on March 1, but the bout moved at this event for unknown reason.
Results
| Fight card (Amazon Prime Video) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight Kickboxing | Alexis Nicolas | def. | Regian Eersel (c) | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight Submission Grappling | Tye Ruotolo (c) | def. | Izaak Michell | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:43 | |
| Bantamweight Muay Thai | Suablack Tor.Pran49 | def. | Vladimir Kuzmin | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Ben Tynan | vs. | Duke Didier | NC (overturned) | 1 | 2:36 | |
| Flyweight Muay Thai | Denis Purić | def. | Jacob Smith | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Catchweight (180 lb) Submission Grappling | Kade Ruotolo | def. | Francisco Lo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:48 | |
| Flyweight Kickboxing | Dedduanglek Tded99 | def. | Taiki Naito | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight | Hiroyuki Tetsuka | def. | Valmir da Silva | Submission (north-south choke) | 2 | 3:34 | |
| Strawweight Muay Thai | Songchainoi Kiatsongrit | def. | Nicolas Leite Silva | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Jeremy Pacatiw | def. | Wang Shuo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:07 | |
- For the ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Championship.
- For the ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Championship.
- Kuzmin missed weight (146.5 lb).
- Originally a TKO (punches) win for Tynan; overturned after he tested positive for banned substances.
- Dedduanglek missed weight (136 lb).
- Originally a 116 pounds, but both fighters missed weight: Songchainoi (120.25 lb) and Leite Silva (125 lb).
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.
- Performance of the Night: Tye Ruotolo, Kade Ruotolo and Ben Tynan
See also
- 2024 in ONE Championship
- List of ONE Championship events
- List of current ONE fighters
- ONE Championship Rankings
References
- Wheaton, Timothy (2024-03-05). "Regian Eersel to Defend Kickboxing Crown against Alexis Nicolas on Apr. 6". Combat Press. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- Emmerink, Ron (2024-03-05). "BREAKING! Regian Eersel verdedigt ONE Championship titel op 6 april". Vechtsport Info (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- "Regian Eersel and Tye Ruotolo to Defend World Titles at ONE Fight Night 21 on April 5". ONE Championship – The Home Of Martial Arts. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- "ONE Championship drops title fights from Qatar card, adds regional talent". South China Morning Post. 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- "ONE Championship's Ben Tynan serving 12-month ban for positive drugs test, source says". Bangkok Post. 2024-11-16. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- "ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs. Nicolas". ONE Championship – The Home of Martial Arts. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- Pekios, Craig (2024-04-06). "ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs Nicolas - Who won the $50,000 bonuses?". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2024-04-06.