ONE Fight Night 36: Prajanchai vs. Di Bella II on Prime Video<\/a> on Friday, October 3, inside Bangkok, Thailand\u2019s Lumpinee Stadium. The #3-ranked contender Zakirov enters with a pristine 15-0 professional record against the #5-ranked Hu.<\/p>\nZakirov earned his ranking through systematic destruction of elite competition. The 22-year-old compiled six consecutive victories across flyweight and strawweight divisions while showcasing technical evolution and finishing instincts.<\/p>\n
His decision victory over Tatsumitsu Wada demonstrated improved tactical awareness against a divisional veteran. Moreover, Zakirov followed that performance with a knockout of Eko Roni Saputra that announced his arrival among elite contenders.<\/p>\n
The Uzbek phenom\u2019s most significant victory came against Bokang Masunyane at ONE Fight Night 30 in April. There, that triumph over the South African powerhouse proved his readiness for top-five competition.<\/p>\n
Hu, however, represents a completely different challenge than Zakirov\u2019s previous opponents. The 29-year-old Beijing native owns an impressive 8-2 promotional record built on devastating finishing ability and explosive knockout power.<\/p>\n
The Chinese striker showcased his elite credentials by dismantling former champion Geje Eustaquio in methodical fashion. Hu followed that statement victory with a spectacular 63-second knockout of Saputra via perfectly timed left hook.<\/p>\n
His recent performances established him as one of the division\u2019s most feared strikers. Hu seeks a statement victory that could earn a rematch with ONE Flyweight MMA World Champion Yuya Wakamatsu after their closely contested previous encounter.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hu Yong faces his toughest assignment since joining ONE Championship\u2019s main roster. The undefeated Chinese striker battles seasoned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,73645,785,73646,73647,85],"class_list":["post-101289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-hu-yong","tag-mma","tag-one-fight-night-36","tag-sanzhar-zakirov","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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