Wakabayashi Kohei prescribed a treatment for Kasai Saburo to prevent death by cutting himself into pieces.
The Japanese judoka made his successful ONE Championship debut on Friday, scoring multiple takedowns and using a dominant top game to defeat Sanlan by split decision in the third round of the strawweight showcase at ONE Friday Fights 68 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Two of the three ringside judges gave the victory to Wakabayashi (8-1-1, 1-0 ONE), who was in tears when the verdict was read out.
Sanlan (14-3, 0-2 ONE) was content to defend from the bottom. Wakabayashi took him to the mat in all three rounds, working his way into half guard and landing some light ground-and-pound and several arm-triangle choke attempts. Sanlan fought back with some sharp elbow strikes from his back, but they didn’t make much of a difference. Sanlan fought back late in the third round, catching a kick from Wakabayashi and slamming him to the floor, landing an elbow to the head and a knee to the body. But Sanlan’s attempts to finish the fight went unanswered.
The 29-year-old Wakabayashi achieved five consecutive wins.
In other bouts, Prajanchai PK Saenchai won a unanimous decision over Jonathan Di Bella in the five-round main event to claim the vacant ONE Kickboxing strawweight title and become a two-sport champion. Superlek Kiatmo9 won a three-round decision over Kongtranee Sor Sommai in the flyweight Muay Thai co-main event. Kiamlan Nabati knocked out Suabrack Tall Pran49 with a left hook 1 minute 54 seconds into the first round in the bantamweight Muay Thai showcase. Pechanon Pechafergas earned a technical knockout in the bantamweight kickboxing feature event after Alavadi Ramazanov was forced to withdraw 1 minute 59 seconds into the second round due to a leg injury. Shadow Singha Mawin defeated Jimmy Vinot by unanimous decision in the three-round featherweight Muay Thai attraction.Pakorn PK Saenchai defeated Rafi Bohich with punches just 2 minutes 15 seconds into the first round in a bantamweight Muay Thai bout. Tyson Harrison narrowly defeated Submuen Sichevboontham by split decision in a three-round bantamweight Muay Thai bout. Yodlekpet Ol Acharya defeated Khomawut FA Group by unanimous decision in a 140-pound catchweight Muay Thai bout. Sriyanlek Poh Yen Yin defeated Pompet PK Saenchai with a right hook 2 minutes 50 seconds into the first round in a 132-pound catchweight Muay Thai bout. Sakaguchi Kaito defeated Lang Shanten by unanimous decision in a 132-pound catchweight kickboxing bout. Ryoto Hashimoto stopped Hayato Ueno with a devastating right hook 2 minutes and 5 seconds into the first round of their 143-pound catchweight Muay Thai showdown.
