{"id":856151,"date":"2026-08-15T12:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T12:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856151\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T12:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T12:46:12","slug":"one-championship-nico-carrillo-knocks-out-zhou-jiaqiang-in-kickboxing-debut-on-one-fight-night-46-wwe-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856151\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE Championship: Nico Carrillo knocks out Zhou Jiaqiang in kickboxing debut on ONE Fight Night 46 | WWE News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nico Carrillo made a statement winning debut in kickboxing as he stopped Zhou Jiaqiang in the second round at ONE Fight Night 46 in Bangkok.<\/p>\n

The newly crowned ONE featherweight Muay Thai world champion answered questions over how his renowned knockout power would translate from four-ounce gloves to the kickboxing ranks by overwhelming Zhou at Lumpinee Stadium on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Carrillo had to weather a bright start from the Chinese striker, who enjoyed success with sharp combinations and slick movement during the opening round.<\/p>\n

But the Scot shifted through the gears in the second after being caught with a front kick to the face.<\/p>\n

\"Zhou<\/p>\n

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\n Zhou Jiaqiang fought back with an accurate front kick<\/p>\n

Responding instantly, Carrillo unleashed a barrage of punches and forced Zhou onto the back foot as the contest turned into a firefight.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old gradually broke down his opponent with heavy shots to the head and body, a series of left hooks to the midsection proving particularly damaging.<\/p>\n

With Zhou trapped in the corner and running on empty, Carrillo closed the show with another sustained assault.<\/p>\n

\"Carrillo<\/p>\n

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\n Carrillo extinguished Jiaqiang’s challenge emphatically in round two<\/p>\n

The Chinese fighter eventually fell to the canvas and was unable to beat the count, prompting the referee to wave off the contest at 2:47 of the second round.<\/p>\n

The victory was the 30th of Carrillo’s professional career and an ideal start to his pursuit of world titles in two sports.<\/p>\n

ONE Fight Night 46 – Full Results<\/p>\n

ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Championship: Stella Hemetsberger (c) defeated Natalia Diachkova via knockout at 1:46 of round three<\/p>\n

Featherweight Kickboxing: Nico Carrillo defeated Zhou Jiaqiang via knockout at 2:37 of round two<\/p>\n

Bantamweight MMA: Marcos Aurelio defeated Jhanlo Mark Sangiao via knockout at 0:57 of round one<\/p>\n

Atomweight Kickboxing: Kana defeated Yu Yau Pui via unanimous decision<\/p>\n

Flyweight MMA: Viet Anh Do defeated Davi Brand\u0101o via TKO at 1:23 of round three<\/p>\n

Featherweight Submission Grappling: Ruan Alvarenga defeated Meyram Maquine via unanimous decision<\/p>\n

Atomweight MMA: Magdalena Czaban defeated Natalie Salcedo via unanimous decision<\/p>\n

Bantamweight Kickboxing: Denis Souza Jr. defeated Dmitrii Kovtun via unanimous decision<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nico Carrillo made a statement winning debut in kickboxing as he stopped Zhou Jiaqiang in the second round…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-856151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856151","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=856151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}