Unbeaten Moris Boleyan Guillotines Baatarchuluun Gantogtokh at ONE Friday Fights 37

Moris Boleyan certainly looks fit for primetime.

The undefeated Armenian once again handled his business with clinical precision under the One Championship banner, as he disposed of Baatarchuluun Gantogtokh with a guillotine choke in the first round of their ONE Friday Fights 37 bantamweight feature on Friday at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Gantogtokh (5-2, 0-1 ONE) conceded defeat 2:23 into Round 1.

Boleyan (8-0, 2-0 ONE) dragged the Mongolian to the canvas from the clinch inside the first minute, shifted to half guard and got busy with ground-and-pound. Gantogtokh left his neck exposed in a bid to scramble to his feet—a mistake the 27-year-old would soon regret. Boleyan bit down on a standing guillotine choke, wrapped his adversary in full guard as they collapsed to the mat and let his squeeze do the rest.

The promising Boleyan, 24, has submitted all eight of his opponents, six of them in the first round.

Meanwhile, Team Lakay’s Carlo Bumina-ang outgrappled Denis Andreev to a split decision in a three-round bantamweight attraction. Two of the three ringside judges scored it for Bumina-ang (2-0, 2-0 ONE), as the 5-foot-5 Filipino powerhouse took another step forward in his development.

Andreev (0-1, 0-1 ONE) shined on the feet, as he connected in multi-punch bursts, snuck in left hooks with expert timing and battered the body with knee strikes. It was not enough to counteract the efforts of his determined opponent. Bumina-ang set the tone with a dominant first round, where he executed a takedown inside the first minute, applied his ground-and-pound with elbows and forearm strikes, scrambled to the back and pursued a rear-naked choke. He held his own in the standup exchanges, as well, relying on rear-leg front kicks to the midsection and even connecting with a spinning backfist at one point.

Further down the card, repeated takedowns and a few near-miss submissions carried Komronbek Oritkov to a unanimous decision over Percival Oumo Mwambi in a three-round catchweight clash at 130 pounds. All three members of the judiciary gave Komronbek (1-0, 1-0 ONE) the nod.

Mwambi (0-1, 0-1 ONE) held a decided advantage in the standup department but spent far too much time an energy playing defense. Oritkov threatened the Kenya-born Australian with a guillotine choke and two armbars in the middle stanza but did his best work in Round 3. There, he struck for multiple takedowns, shrugged off a few elbows from his counterpart and progressed to the back on two occasions.

Finally, Antar Kacem leaned on clean multi-punch combinations and a late knockdown to claim a unanimous decision over Rafi Bohic in their tactical three-round bantamweight muay thai main event. All three ringside judges submitted scorecards in favor of the Belarusian.

Bohic called upon front kicks to the body and kicks to the lead leg, along with elbows and knees in the clinch, but could not keep his determined counterpart at bay. Kacem cut loose in two-, three- and four-punch bursts while answering with occasional low kicks of his own. He sat down Bohic with a left hook in the third round, kept himself out of harm’s way and short circuited any thoughts of a potential rally.

In other action, Rittidet Sor Sommai punched out Theptaksin Sor Sornsing a cool 1:59 into the second round of their 132-pound muay thai co-headliner; Lamnamkhong BS Muaythai wrecked Samoynoi Tor Phusuwan with punches 2:30 into the first round of their flyweight muay thai affair; Petsirichai Detpetchsrithong was awarded a split decision over Songfangkhong FA Group in a three-round 133-pound muay thai battle; Kaoklai Chor Hapayak put down Punmongkol Sor Mongkolkarnchang with punches 1:29 into the second round of their 124-pound muay thai pairing; Tahaneak Nayokatasala eked out a split decision over Mahahin Nakbinalaiyon in a three-round 118-pound muay thai confrontation; Kongthoranee Sor Sommai took a unanimous verdict from Taiki Naito in a three-round flyweight muay thai encounter; Aslamjon Ortikov buried Pethuahin Jitmuangnon with punches and a follow-up head kick 50 seconds into the third round of their 128-pound muay thai tilt; and Elyes Kacem, 17, wiped out Chai Sor Sor ToiPadriew with a head kick in the second round of their 130-pound muay thai clash.