Source: Undefeated Prospects Akbar Abdullaev, Halil Amir Set for ONE Fight Night 22

Undefeated featherweight prospects will meet in a potential banger of a mixed martial arts clash at ONE Fight Night 22 on May 3. The event will air on Amazon Prime in the U.S. and Canada.

Sherdog learned Thursday that Kyrgyz standout Akbar Abdullaev (10-0, 2-0 ONE) will face Turkey’s Halil Amir (10-0, 3-0 ONE) in a three-round clash at the prestigious Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok. The news was confirmed by a source close to the negotiations.

Abdullaev has finished all 10 of his career wins, which includes two ONE Championship outings, only advancing past the first-round once. “Bakal” made his promotional debut in March 2023, knocking out Ho Taek Oh in under a minute. In his most recent bout in July 2023, the 26-year-old scored a spinning back kick technical knockout against previously-undefeated Aaron Canarte, again in less than a minute.

Meanwhile, Amir has gone the distance only once in his 10 career wins and is coming off a stoppage win over Ahmed Mujtaba in November: his adversary failed to answer the bell for the second round after narrowly surviving vicious ground and pound in the first frame.Smilla Sundell vs Natalia Diachkova Sinsamut Klinmee vs Dmitry Menshikov Thongpoon PK Saenchai vs Zakaria El Jamari Akbar Abdullaev vs Halil Amir Chihiro Sawada vs Noelle Grandjean Sean Climaco vs Josue Cruz Nanami Ichikawa vs Bianca Basilio Thongpoon PK Saenchai vs Zakaria El Jamari Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong vs Bogdan Shumarov Reece McLaren vs Yong Hu Maurice Abevi vs Lipeng Zhang