The king kept his crown.
Demetrius Johnson successfully defended his Undisputed Championship flyweight title with a unanimous decision over challenger Adriano Moraes at the ONE Championship on Prime Video 10 on Friday at 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. All three judges sided with “Mighty Mouse”, who finished his trilogy against Moraes (20-5, 11-5 ONE) with a 2-1 advantage.
Johnson (25-4-1, 5-1 one) pressured the Brazilian from the start, forcing him to make one tactical mistake after another. Moraes took on AMC Pankration’s export in the ring—an area where Johnson has always excelled—for most of the 25-minute fight, choosing to swim upstream on the course of least resistance. Johnson tore at his body with his knees, sneaking short, repeated elbows to the head and mixing in some frustrated shoulder blows to the face. Moraes never changed gears and walked away empty-handed as a result.
Now 36 years old, Johnson has won 18 of his past 20 bouts.
Meanwhile, the incomparable Rodtang Jitmuangnon retained his stranglehold on the ONE flyweight Muay Thai Championship, knocking out Edgar Tabares with a
Elbow in the second round of the co-main event. Tabares pulled 94 seconds into the second round.
Jitmuangnon tested the waters with leg kicks, thrusting kicks, an underhand jab, and occasional left hooks to the body in the first round, then turned up the heat. Tabares backed to the fence, jammed him from close range and met a spinning attack with a concussion elbow to the face. The competitor fell where he stood and could not stand on his feet.
It was the 271st victory of Jitmuangnon’s stellar career and moved him to 14-0 under the One Championship banner.
Elsewhere, Fairtex Gym star Nong Stamp broke Alice Anderson
A body kick in the second round of the women’s atomic weight advantage. Anderson finished for the first time in her nine-fight career, (6-3, 1-2 ONE), achieving a 2:27 finish in the second round.
The 25-year-old Stamp (10-2, 10-2 ONE) kicked body and legs throughout the first round, countered head and arm takedowns by scrambling to the top position and continued to build a lead on the scorecards. She stunned Anderson early in the second round when she ducked under the punch and jumped into the backpack position, and while it didn’t matter, it was just another instance of Stamp flexing her unwavering confidence. Later, Anderson lured into a grab, broke free into open space and folded it with a brutal kick to the midsection.
Stamp has posted a winning streak since her March 2022 defeat by Angela Lee.
Then, Zebastian Kadistam unleashed the surprise and did it in spectacular fashion, eliminating former Bundesliga champion Roberto Soldic in the second division.
punches in the second round of the welterweight show. Soldek (20-4, 0-1 ONE) pulled out 45 seconds into the second round, suffering his first defeat in over five years.
Kadestam (15-7, 7-4 ONE) walked through big fire in the first round, absorbing a series of stinging straight lefts and punishing punch combinations. A cut near his right eye and a bloody nose provided some physical evidence of Soldyck’s efforts. However, the tide soon turned. Kadestam snapped UFD Gym’s export with a standing elbow early in the middle segment and chased down punches. He knocked Soldak to the ground twice with a hook – first with a right, then with a left – and forced referee Herb Dean into action.
The 32-year-old Kadistam has three victories in a row, each of which came to an end.
Finally, Sage Northcutt donned a suit for the first time in nearly four years and separated Ahmed Mojtaba
Heel hook in the first round of their lightweight appeal. Northcote (12-3, 1-1 ONE) pulled the curtain 39 seconds into the first round, claiming their first win since July 14, 2018.
Mujtaba (9-3, 4-3 ONE) headbutted the representative of Team Alpha Male and forced him to fall back. He followed Northcott to the mat, working up the stance and leaving his leg exposed when he tried to get back upright. It soon became apparent that he had wandered into danger. Northcutt grabbed a heel hook, bent over the tip and forced a press.
In another move, Miki Musumesi retained his one-wrestled flyweight title, defeating Usama Al-Marawi with a
Rear choke shame 8:03 in their face; Aung La N Sang (30-13, 15-4 ONE) eliminated Fan Rong (9-4, 2-3 ONE) with
He stifled the guillotine 48 seconds into the second round of their middleweight showdown; Ty Rotolo earned a unanimous decision against Reynier D. Ridder in a 10-minute middleweight wrestling bout; Jackie Pontan put away with Deandra Martin
Right hook 2:34 in the first round of their 131-pound clash contested under Muay Thai rules; Kairat Akhmetov (27-2, 8-2 ONE) demanded a unanimous decision over Reece McClaren (16-9, 9-6 ONE) in the three-round flyweight tilt; and Rae Yoon Ok (17-4, 4-1 ONE) took out a unanimous decision from Lowen Tynanes (11-2, 7-2 ONE) in a three-round lightweight affair.