Following his remarkable debut in ONE Championship, British fighter Ben Woolliss is scheduled to make his return on May 16, with the event being broadcast live on Sky Sports. Woolliss is set to face 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 at ONE Fight Night 43 will see Woolliss going up against a former ONE bantamweight kickboxing world champion, Petchfergus.
Despite struggling with long-term health issues, Woolliss signed with ONE Championship and made his promotional debut just last month. On short notice of nine days, he accepted his first fight against former ONE bantamweight MMA world champion John Lineker in a featherweight kickboxing contest. Lineker is infamous for his powerful punching ability, but Woolliss emerged victorious with a spectacular one-round stoppage win, 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 stand-up skills, grappling, and submission expertise to overpower his opponents. Having avenged his only career loss, "The Cobra" is now poised to strike and may prove unbeatable.