Following his remarkable debut in ONE Championship, Britain's Ben Woolliss is scheduled to return to the fray on May 16, with the event airing live on Sky Sports. Woolliss will face off against Petchtanong Petchfergus in a bantamweight kickboxing match at Thailand's Lumpinee Stadium, broadcast on Sky Sports in the early hours of Saturday, May 16. This upcoming bout at ONE Fight Night 43 pits Woolliss against a formidable opponent, a former ONE bantamweight kickboxing world champion. Despite grappling with long-term health issues, Woolliss, hailing from Grimsby, recently signed with ONE and made his promotional debut just last month.
He accepted his first assignment on short notice, merely nine days, and took on former ONE bantamweight MMA world champion John Lineker in a featherweight kickboxing contest. Lineker is infamous for his formidable punching power, but Woolliss emerged victorious with a spectacular one-round stoppage, defeating "Hands of Stone" with a series of damaging 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. Tang Kai has dominated the featherweight MMA division, while Gasanov boasts an impressive record, leveraging his powerful stand-up skills, grappling prowess, and submission expertise to overpower his opponents.
Having avenged his sole career loss, "The Cobra" is poised to strike and may prove unbeatable.