ONE Fight Night 23: Ok vs. Rasulov is an upcoming combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that will take place on July 6, 2024, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
Fight Card
Main card (Prime)
Lightweight Ok Rae-yoon vs. Alibeg Rasulov Interim Lightweight Championship
Bantamweight Muay Thai Saemapetch Fairtex vs. Nico Carrillo
Catchweight (186 lb) Submission Grappling Tye Ruotolo vs. Jozef Chan
Heavyweight Kang Ji-won vs. Kirill Grishenko
Featherweight Muay Thai Luke Lessei vs. Bampara Kouyate
Flyweight Tatsumitsu Wada vs. Xie Wei
Flyweight Muay Thai Ali Saldoev vs. Black Panther
Strawweight Hiroba Minowa vs. Jeremy Miado
Strawweight Muay Thai Aliff Sor.Dechaphan vs. Ellis Badr Barboza
Heavyweight Kickboxing Oumar Kane vs. Mamadou Kamara
Bantamweight Muay Thai Alexey Balyko vs. István Ștefan Kóródi
Background
The event was expected to be headlined by an inaugural ONE Women's Strawweight Kickboxing World Championship bout between Jackie Buntan and former two-time Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Champion Anissa Meksen. However, Buntan pulled out due to injury and the bout was cancelled.
The new headliner for this event will be an interim ONE Lightweight World Championship bout between former champion Ok Rae-yoon and undefeated Alibeg Rasulov.
A bantamweight kickboxing bout between former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champions Petchtanong Petchfergus and Alaverdi Ramazanov was scheduled for this event. However, the bout was relocated at ONE Friday Fights 68 in a week earlier for undisclosed reasons.
Two of the best lightweight MMA fighters on the planet will collide when the world’s largest martial arts organization returns to Bangkok’s Lumpinee Boxing Stadium with ONE Fight Night 23: Ok vs. Rasulov on Prime Video, which broadcasts live in U.S. primetime on Friday, July 5.
In the headline attraction, former lightweight MMA king Ok Rae Yoon will face undefeated promotional newcomer Alibeg Rasulov for the ONE Interim Lightweight MMA World Championship, with the winner also booking their ticket to a World Title unification clash with reigning titleholder Christian Lee.
After arriving in ONE, Ok tore through the lightweight division to capture its 26-pound gold strap. But his reign was short-lived as he lost the belt in his very next outing. Now, the South Korean has his eyes on reclaiming the prestigious title he once held.
Standing across from him will be Rasulov, who enters ONE without a blemish on his record. After a destructive run through the European and Asian MMA circuit, the Turkish sensation will attempt to overthrow the former divisional kingpin to win a ONE World Title in his first appearance on the global stage.
In addition, the spectacle will feature a non-title submission grappling matchup between welterweight kingpin Tye Ruotolo and teenage phenom Jozef Chen, a key bantamweight Muay Thai showdown between top-five contenders Nico Carrillo and Saemapetch, and the return of American star Luke Lessei, who sits at #5 in the stacked featherweight Muay Thai division.
