ONE Fight Night 22
{{short description|Combat sport events in 2024}}
{{Infobox MMA event
|name=ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova
|image= ONE Fight Night 22.jpg
|image_size= 250px
|promotion=ONE Championship
|date={{start date|2024|05|4}}
|venue=Lumpinee Boxing Stadium
|city=Bangkok, Thailand
|previousevent= ONE Friday Fights 61: Phetsukumvit vs. Duangsompong
|followingevent= ONE Friday Fights 62: Mongkolkaew vs. ET 2
}}
ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on May 4, 2024, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-03 |title=Smilla Sundell To Defend Muay Thai World Title Against Natalia Diachkova At ONE Fight Night 22 On May 3 |url=https://www.onefc.com/news/smilla-sundell-to-defend-muay-thai-world-title-against-natalia-diachkova-at-one-fight-night-22-on-may-3/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=ONE Championship – The Home Of Martial Arts |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-03 |title=Smilla Sundell and Natalia Diachkova title bout to headline ONE Fight Night 22 |url=https://fightrecord.co.uk/one-championship/smilla-sundell-and-natalia-diachkova-title-bout-to-headline-one-fight-night-22/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Fight Record |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-04 |title=Smilla Sundell faces Natalia Diachkova at ONE Fight Night 22 |url=https://asianmma.com/smilla-sundell-faces-natalia-diachkova-at-one-fight-night-22/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Asian MMA |language=en}}
Background
A ONE Women's Strawweight Muay Thai World Championship bout between current champion Smilla Sundell and Natalia Diachkova headlined the event.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-04 |title=ONE Championship: Smilla Sundell to make second defence of her strawweight Muay Thai title against Natalia Diachkova |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/muay-thai/article/3257861/one-championship-smilla-sundell-make-second-defence-her-strawweight-muay-thai-title-against-natalia |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}} At the weigh-ins, Sundell came in at 126.5 lb (after coming in at 127.7 lb in for an unofficial check two and a half hours into the weigh-ins), 1.5 pounds over the strawweight limit for a title fight. As a result, Sundell was stripped of the title and only Diachkova was eligible to win it.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-02 |title=ONE Championship: Smilla Sundell misses weight, loses strawweight Muay Thai title on the scale |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-one-championship-smilla-sundell-misses-weight-loses-strawweight-muay-thai-title-scale |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en}}
Former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion Hiroki Akimoto made his return after a 1-year and 5-month hiatus against former K-1 Lightweight Champion and promotional newcomer Wei Rui in a bantamweight kickboxing bout.{{cite web |title=【ONE】秋元皓貴が中国人初K-1王者ウェイ・ルイと対戦「本当にたくさん試合を待ちました」＝5月4日『ONE Fight Night 22』ルンピニー |url=https://gonkaku.jp/articles/16695/outline |website=gonkaku.jp |access-date=5 April 2024 |language=ja}}
At the weigh-ins, Maurice Abévi weighed in at 174 pounds, four pound over the lightweight limit. His bout proceeded at catchweight and he was fined a percent of his purse which went to his opponent The Ultimate Fighter: China welterweight winner Zhang Lipeng.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-03 |title=ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova weigh-in results and video |url=https://combatpress.com/2024/05/one-fight-night-22-sundell-vs-diachkova-weigh-in-results-and-video/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Combat Press |language=en-US}}
Results
{{MMAevent}}
{{MMAevent card|Fight card (Amazon Prime Video)}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Women's Strawweight Muay Thai
|def.
|TKO (punches to the body and knees)
|2
|2:59
|For the vacant ONE Women's Strawweight Muay Thai World Championship (as Sundell missed weight and was stripped the title, only Diachkova was eligible).
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Featherweight
|Akbar Abdullaev
|def.
|Halil Amir
|KO (punches)
|2
|2:52
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight Muay Thai
|def.
|KO (knees and punch to the body)
|3
|1:33
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|Maurice Abévi
|def.
|Decision (unanimous)
|3
|5:00
|Abévi missed weight (174 lb).
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Bantamweight Kickboxing
|def.
|Decision (unanimous)
|3
|3:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Flyweight
|Reece McLaren
|def.
|Hu Yong
|Decision (split)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight Kickboxing
|def.
|Decision (split)
|3
|3:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Women's Atomweight
|def.
|Noelle Grandjean
|Decision (unanimous)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Strawweight Muay Thai
|Zakaria El Jamari
|def.
|Thongpoon P.K.Saenchai
|Decision (unanimous)
|3
|3:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Catchweight (132 lb) Submission Grappling
|def.
|Nanami Ichikawa
|Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)
|1
|0:35
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Flyweight Muay Thai
|Sean Climaco
|def.
|Josue Cruz
|KO (punch)
|1
|2:06
|
}}
{{MMAevent end|notes=yes}}
{{Cite web |title=ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova
|url=https://www.onefc.com/events/onefightnight22/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=ONE Championship – The Home Of Martial Arts |date=12 December 2023 |language=en-US}}
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.{{cite web |last=Joseph |first=Mike |date=2024-05-04 |title=ONE Fight Night 22 Results: Smilla Sundell Folds Natalia Diachkova, Abdullaev Shocks Amir
|url=https://www.mykhel.com/more-sports/one-fight-night-22-results-smilla-sundell-folds-natalia-diachkova-abdullaev-shocks-amir-280257.html |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=myKhel.com |language=en-US}}
- Performance of the Night: Akbar Abdullaev
See also
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References
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Category:Sports competitions in Bangkok
Category:ONE Championship events
Category:2024 in ONE Championship