Following his remarkable ONE Championship debut, Britain's Ben Woolliss is slated 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 Thailand's Lumpinee Stadium, which will air on Sky Sports in the early morning 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, hailing from Grimsby, recently signed with ONE and made his promotional debut just last month. He accepted his first fight on short notice, merely nine days, and took on former ONE bantamweight MMA world champion John Lineker in a featherweight kickboxing clash.
Lineker is notorious for his formidable punching power, but Woolliss emerged victorious with a spectacular one-round stoppage, defeating "Hands of Stone" with his damaging low kicks. The main event on May 16 will feature Chinese star Tang Kai as he defends his ONE featherweight MMA world title for the second time against Shamil "The Cobra" Gasanov. Recently, Dzhabrailov achieved a knockout victory at ONE Fight Night 42, while Adesanya expressed his determination to stay after suffering his fourth consecutive UFC loss.
Tang Kai has dominated the featherweight MMA division, but Gasanov boasts a nearly flawless record, leveraging his powerful stand-up skills, grappling prowess, and submission expertise to overwhelm opponents. Having avenged his sole career loss, "The Cobra" is now poised to strike and may prove unbeatable.