Algeria\u2019s Elyes Kacem picked up an impressive win against more experienced Thai opponent Chai Sor Sor ToiPadriew on his ONE debut.
\nKacem, who is only 17 years old, put in an incredible performance and picked up a knockout win at 2:43 in the second round of the Catchweight (58.97 KG) Muay Thai contest.
\nAn exciting first round saw the two fighters trade impressive strikes with Kacem landing heavy punches and a strong high kick.
\nThe fiery exchanges continued in the second frame. Even as Chai landed some heavy body strikes as well as punches to Kacem\u2019s chin, the Algerian star continued to march forward, hitting his opponent with low kicks and a combination of punches.
\nLater in the second round, and as the two fighters traded strikes in the middle of the circle, Kacem shocked Chai with a left kick to the head that dropped the Thai fighter to the canvas, ending the bout.
\nWith his stunning debut win, Kacem improved his overall record to 24-3 and picked up a performance bonus from ONE\u2019s CEO and Chairman Chatri Sityodtong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Algeria\u2019s Elyes Kacem picked up an impressive win against more experienced Thai opponent Chai Sor Sor ToiPadriew on his ONE debut.
\nKacem, who is only 17 years old, put in an incredible performance and picked up a knockout win at 2:43 in the second round of the Catchweight (58.97 KG) Muay Thai contest.
\nAn exciting first round saw the two fighters trade impressive strikes with Kacem landing heavy punches and a strong high kick.
\nThe fiery exchanges continued in the second frame. Even as Chai landed some heavy body strikes as well as punches to Kacem\u2019s chin, the Algerian star continued to march forward, hitting his opponent with low kicks and a combination of punches.
\nLater in the second round, and as the two fighters traded strikes in the middle of the circle, Kacem shocked Chai with a left kick to the head that dropped the Thai fighter to the canvas, ending the bout.
\nWith his stunning debut win, Kacem improved his overall record to 24-3 and picked up a performance bonus from ONE\u2019s CEO and Chairman Chatri Sityodtong.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=340497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340498,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340497\/revisions\/340498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=340497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=340497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=340497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}