Following his impressive debut in the ONE Championship, Britain's Ben Woolliss is scheduled to return to the ring 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 upcoming bout on ONE Fight Night 43 will see Woolliss pitted against a former ONE bantamweight kickboxing world champion. Despite battling long-term health issues, Woolliss has made a remarkable comeback, signing with ONE and making his promotional debut just last month.
On short notice of nine days, he took on former ONE bantamweight MMA world champion John Lineker in a featherweight kickboxing contest and secured a stunning one-round stoppage victory. Lineker, known for his formidable punching power, was defeated by Woolliss's damaging low kicks. The main event on May 16 will feature Chinese star Tang Kai as he defends his ONE featherweight MMA world title against Shamil "The Cobra" Gasanov. In other news, Dzhabrailov recently achieved a knockout victory at ONE Fight Night 42, while Adesanya has vowed to continue fighting after his fourth consecutive UFC loss.
Tang Kai has been on a dominant run, defeating all featherweight MMA opponents in his path, but Gasanov boasts an impressive record, leveraging his powerful stand-up skills, grappling expertise, and submission prowess to overwhelm his opponents. Having avenged his only career loss, "The Cobra" is now poised to strike and may prove unbeatable.