Ben Woolliss Set for Sky Sports Return Following Electrifying ONE Debut
Britain's Ben Woolliss is slated to make his highly anticipated 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 bout, part of ONE Fight Night 43, will see Woolliss go head-to-head with a former ONE bantamweight kickboxing world champion. Despite overcoming long-term health issues, Woolliss, hailing from Grimsby, recently made his debut with ONE and is now gearing up for his next challenge. His first match under the ONE banner came with just nine days' notice, as he took on former ONE bantamweight MMA world champion John Lineker in a featherweight kickboxing match. Lineker is infamous for his formidable punching power, but Woolliss secured a remarkable one-round stoppage victory, knocking out Lineker with a series of devastating low kicks. The main event on May 16 will feature Chinese sensation Tang Kai as he defends his ONE featherweight MMA world title for the second time, this time against Shamil "The Cobra" Gasanov. In other news, Dzhabrailov scored a knockout win at ONE Fight Night 42, while Adesanya remains defiant after his fourth consecutive UFC loss. Tang Kai has been on a tear, defeating every featherweight MMA opponent in his path, but Gasanov boasts an almost flawless record, leveraging his potent stand-up skills, grappling prowess, and submission expertise to overwhelm his opponents. Having avenged his sole career loss, "The Cobra" is now poised to strike and may prove unbeatable.