ONE Championship: Sinsamut and Menshikov to clash for another shot at Regian Eersel’s Muay Thai belt
- Sinsamut Klinmee and Dmitry Menshikov are top two contenders in lightweight division
- Pair have already both fought and lost to Eersel, and winner will be hoping for another chance to become champion
A clash between the top two contenders in the lightweight Muay Thai division is the first contest booked for the ONE Fight Night 22 event.
Sinsamut Klinmee, who has already fought for the belt twice, will take on Dmitry Menshikov on May 4, in Bangkok.
Sinsamut came close to winning his first title shot. At ONE Fight Night 3 in 2022 he lost by split decision to champion Regian Eersel, and the result was considered so controversial an immediate rematch was ordered.
There was nothing close about their bout last year, with the dominant Dutchman winning by way of fourth round knock out.
Since that setback Sinsamut has remained undefeated, and is coming off back-to-back wins over Victor Teixeira and Mouhcine Chafi. A third straight victory would put him firmly into title contention.
Menshikov finds himself in an identical situation. The Russian was handed a title shot on his promotional debut at ONE Fight Night 11 but Eersel stopped him in the opening round.
Since then his form has been nothing short of spectacular. He beat Thai veteran Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong at ONE Fight Night 14, knocking him down three times inside the opening three minutes.
Menshikov’s next fight finished even faster. He needed less than two minutes to knock out Mouhcine Chafi at ONE Fight Night 17, meaning both men come into this bout on good form.
This is the only fight currently on the card which will be broadcast by Amazon Prime in North American and is available to view live on YouTube in Hong Kong.
ONE Fight Night 20 takes place next month and is headlined by Eersel who defends his lightweight kickboxing title against Alexis Nicolas.
