Following his remarkable debut in ONE Championship, Britain's Ben Woolliss is scheduled to return to action on May 16, with the event being broadcast live on Sky Sports. Woolliss will face off against Petchtanong Petchfergus in a bantamweight kickboxing match at the Lumpinee Stadium in Thailand, which will be aired on Sky Sports in the early hours of Saturday, May 16. This bout will see Woolliss pitted against a former ONE bantamweight kickboxing world champion, Petchfergus, on ONE Fight Night 43.
Despite battling long-term health issues, Woolliss, hailing from Grimsby, recently signed with ONE and made his promotional debut last month. He accepted his first fight on short notice, just nine days prior, and took on former ONE bantamweight MMA world champion John Lineker in a featherweight kickboxing match. Lineker is known for his formidable punching power, but Woolliss secured a spectacular one-round stoppage victory, defeating "Hands of Stone" with devastating low kicks. The main event on May 16 features Chinese star Tang Kai as he defends his ONE featherweight MMA world title for the second time against Shamil "The Cobra" Gasanov.
In other news, Dzhabrailov achieved a knockout victory at ONE Fight Night 42, while Adesanya remains defiant after his fourth consecutive UFC loss. Tang Kai has dominated the featherweight MMA division, but Gasanov boasts a near-flawless record, leveraging his powerful stand-up skills, grappling expertise, and submissions to overwhelm opponents.
After avenging his sole career loss, "The Cobra" is poised to strike and may prove unbeatable.