Following his remarkable debut in ONE Championship, British fighter Ben Woolliss is slated to return to the ring on May 16, with the event being broadcast live on Sky Sports. Woolliss is scheduled to face off against Petchtanong Petchfergus in a bantamweight kickboxing match at the Lumpinee Stadium in Thailand, which will be aired live on Sky Sports in the early hours of Saturday, May 16. This upcoming bout at ONE Fight Night 43 will see Woolliss pitted against a former ONE bantamweight kickboxing world champion. Despite struggling 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 fight on short notice, merely nine days, and went on to secure a spectacular one-round stoppage victory over former ONE bantamweight MMA world champion John Lineker in a featherweight kickboxing clash. Lineker is infamous for his formidable punching power, but Woolliss emerged victorious, taking him down with a series of debilitating 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 against Shamil "The Cobra" Gasanov. Kai has dominated the featherweight MMA division, while Gasanov boasts an impressive record, leveraging his formidable 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.