HONORIO Banario’s five game winning streak came to a halt after he was subdued by Amir Khan in the co-main event of One Championship’s “Beyond the Horizon” on September 8 at the Baoshan Arena in Shanghai, China.
Khan submitted his Filipino opponent via rear-naked choke in the first round of their lightweight bout.
The two renowned knockout artists started this battle with heavy striking exchanges, as they traded punches and kicks in the center of the ring.
A minute and a half into the contest, Banario pressured the 23-year-old Singaporean with a punching combination, and punctuated it with a body kick. However, he left himself open, and Khan landed a double-leg takedown.
The 28-year-old did not remain on the mat for long, though. He quickly returned to his feet, and walked forward with more strikes. Khan continued to defend well, and he went for another takedown.
Although the Team Lakay veteran maintained his balance, his Evolve rival spun around to his back, and forced him to the canvas.
Khan, who holds the record for the most knockouts in the promotion’s history at eight, earned the second submission win of his career.
Meanwhile, Edward Kelly’s match ended abruptly when Singaporean sensation Christian Lee was disqualified for executing an illegal suplex in the first round.
Kelly was unable to continue the bout, forcing referee Olivier Coste to flash the red card at Lee, signifying the latter’s disqualification.
In the main event, Xiong Jing Nan of China sent the crowd into a rapturous chorus of cheers by clinching a scintillating technical knockout victory over Brazilian challenger Samara Santos to keep the coveted ONE women’s strawweight world Championship around her waist. Xiong got the job done in the third round, thwarting the courageous Santos with a thunderous right hand.
IN the under card, Muay Thai legend Tukkatatong Petpayathai notched his second-straight win in the heavily-acclaimed ONE Super Series, toppling Serbian dynamo Ognjen Topic via unanimous decision.
In front of an energetic hometown crowd, Han Zi Hao of China registered his first win under the ONE Super Series banner, defeating Stergos Mikkios.
In a grueling battle between ONE Super Series debutants, Italian kickboxing sensation Mustapha Haida emerged triumphant against combat sports legend Daniel Dawson of Australia by way of third-round knockout.
Despite the seemingly insurmountable odds, Muhammad Aiman of Malaysia pulled off the upset victory, handing hometown hero Chen Lei the first defeat in his professional mixed martial arts career.
In the first ONE Super Series bout of the night, Hakim Hamech of France cruised to a huge knockout win over Japanese champion Yukinori Ogasawara.
Setting the tone for an action-packed evening was a three-round strawweight clash between Indonesian wrestling champion Elipitua Siregar and highly-decorated Kun Khmer practitioner Phat Soda.
Driven to claim his second-straight victory as a mixed martial artist, Siregar made quick work of his opponent, raining down heavy blows on the mat to force the stoppage. (Roderick Osis)