Overview
- Shamil Erdogan submitted Paul Elliott with a rear-naked choke at 2:28 of round two on Friday, Oct. 2, extending his unbeaten record to 14-0 and earning a reported $50,000 performance bonus.
- Erdogan’s takedown-heavy game and ground-and-pound pressured Elliott into giving up his back, a sequence that officials say set up the decisive submission and strengthened Erdogan’s claim for the vacant heavyweight belt.
- Antonio Cesar stopped Joshua Perreira in the first round by TKO due to doctor stoppage, handing Perreira his first professional loss and advancing Cesar’s divisional momentum.
- Parham Gheirati returned from a year away to outpoint Nakrob Fairtex by unanimous decision, and Ruan Alvarenga edged Shoya Ishiguro by split decision in submission grappling, while Elbrus Osmanov earned a controversial split-decision kickboxing win after receiving multiple warnings and a yellow card with a purse deduction.
- ONE’s Lumpinee Stadium card, shown in U.S. primetime on Prime Video and on regional broadcasters, continued the promotion’s model of fast-tracking regional fighters into title contention and will likely shape near-term matchmaking across multiple divisions.