ONE Championship Friday Fights 13 results: Rambolek earns US$100,000 contract for knockout of Zhang Chenglong
- Thai became first fighter to earn a full-scale ONE contract through the promotion’s Friday Fights series, and also pocketed a US$10,000 bonus
- Four other fighters also earned bonuses at event in Lumpinee Stadium, including Thailand’s Thongpoon PK Saenchai, who posted a 20-second KO win
Rambolek Chor Ajalaboon is now the proud owner of a US$100,000 ONE Championship contract.
The 20-year-old Thai was back in action at ONE Friday Fights in Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium, where he took on the amply more experienced Zhang Chenglong of China in a bantamweight Muay Thai clash.
Rambolek ultimately won the fight with second-round knockout – his second win under the promotion’s banner after a stoppage of Theeradet Chor Hapayak at ONE Friday Fights 7 in March.
The victory was good for not only a US$10,000 bonus, but a full-blown contract with ONE – the first of its kind to be awarded in 13 Friday Fights events.
“I feel so happy, I was under a lot of pressure tonight,” he said in his post-fight interview with commentator Gianni Subba. “I want to thank everyone for supporting me for making me earn this day.”
While Rambolek was the only fighter to earn a contract at ONE Friday Fights 13, four other fighters earned US$10,000 bonuses.
The first to do so was Scotland’s “The King of the North” Nico Carrillo, who scored a second-round TKO win over Furkan Karabag in a featherweight Muay Thai fight.
