Avazbek Kholmirzaev wins ONE strawweight title with second-round knockout

Avazbek Kholmirzaev captured the ONE Championship strawweight MMA title by knocking out Yuya Wakamatsu in the second round at ONE Samurai 1. The 25-year-old Kholmirzaev, now 16-2 overall and 10-1 in ONE, demonstrated high-level striking with excellent timing, creativity, and a killer instinct. In another major result, Takeru Segawa handed Muay Thai legend Rodtang Jitmuangnon his first stoppage loss in 13 years, winning the interim ONE flyweight kickboxing title via TKO in the fifth round. The event also featured successful title defenses by Jonathan Haggerty in kickboxing and Nadaka Yoshinari in Muay Thai, along with a knockout victory by Marat Grigorian in the first round.