{"id":914717,"date":"2026-10-03T14:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T14:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/914717\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T14:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T14:04:12","slug":"shamil-erdogan-ends-paul-elliotts-title-hopes-with-second-round-submission-at-one-fight-night-48-mma-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/914717\/","title":{"rendered":"Shamil Erdogan ends Paul Elliott’s title hopes with second-round submission at ONE Fight Night 48 | MMA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Elliott was one victory away from the biggest moment of his career, but Shamil Erdogan ensured it never arrived at ONE Fight Night 48.<\/p>\n

Undefeated Turkish fighter Shamil Erdogan submitted the Brit in the headliner at Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium in the early hours of Saturday morning, extending his perfect record to 14-0 and bringing Elliott’s title ambitions to an abrupt halt.<\/p>\n

For Middlesbrough-born heavyweight Elliott, the bout represented a golden opportunity to secure a shot at the vacant ONE Heavyweight MMA World Championship and claim the biggest victory of his career against the toughest opponent he had faced to date.<\/p>\n

\"Erdogan<\/p>\n

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\n Erdogan forced the submission in round two (Credit: ONE Championship)<\/p>\n

Erdogan, a former member of the Russian and Turkish national wrestling teams, entered the main event with a flawless MMA record, with his previous eight victories all coming by way of stoppage.<\/p>\n

But it was always going to be a difficult night for Elliott, who had predicted beforehand that Erdogan would look to take the fight to the mat. The Turk did exactly that from the opening bell.<\/p>\n

Erdogan took the Englishman down early, sapping his energy as he spent much of the first round grinding him down against the canvas.<\/p>\n

But Elliott refused to fold. He showcased excellent wrestling defence, repeatedly working his way back to his feet before Erdogan dragged him back down to the mat.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

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\n A victory could have given Elliott the chance to contest for the vacant ONE Heavyweight MMA World Championship (Credit: ONE Championship)<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old English powerhouse survived the opening stanza, and the second round began on the feet, where he could unleash the fight-ending strikes that had helped him build an 8-2 (1 NC) record with a 100 per cent finishing rate.<\/p>\n

Early in the second, Elliott whipped a couple of low kicks at his opponent, cracked Erdogan with a right hand, and even launched a spinning back kick. It missed the Turk’s head but connected cleanly with his shoulder.<\/p>\n

Erdogan knew, however, that standing and trading with Elliott was a risky proposition. Instead, he returned to his strengths on the canvas – and that proved to be the perfect game plan.<\/p>\n

The Turk backed Elliott into a corner, landed a body shot and secured another takedown. He eventually worked his way into full mount, dropped short elbows, transitioned to side control and unleashed a barrage of knees to the head.<\/p>\n

\"Elliott<\/p>\n

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\n Elliott tried to attack his opponent with some hard kicks, including this spinning back heel (Credit: ONE Championship)<\/p>\n

Elliott did his best to defend, but ultimately surrendered his back in search of an escape hatch. Erdogan remained glued to him, unloading a mix of strikes to the head, body and thighs.<\/p>\n

Just as the Brit tried to work his way back to his feet, he exposed his neck. Erdogan immediately seized the opportunity, sinking in a rear-naked choke to force the tap at 2:28 of the second round.<\/p>\n

Erdogan ensured the biggest moment of Elliott’s career would not arrive on this night. But for a brief spell in the second round, the Brit’s power forced the unbeaten Turk to rethink his approach – and that alone suggests Elliott’s title ambitions remain very much alive.<\/p>\n

ONE Fight Night 48 – Full ResultsHeavyweight MMA: Shamil Erdogan defeated Paul Elliott via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:28 in round twoBantamweight Muay Thai: Parham Gheirati defeated Nakrob Fairtex via unanimous decisionFeatherweight Muay Thai: Luke Lessei defeated Charlie Guest via unanimous decisionFlyweight MMA: Antonio Cesar defeated Joshua Perreira via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round oneBantamweight Kickboxing: Elbrus Osmanov defeated Yi Yuxuan via split decisionFeatherweight Submission Grappling: Ruan Alvarenga defeated Shoya Ishiguro via split decisionAtomweight Muay Thai: Yu Yau Pui defeated Marie McManamon via unanimous decisionFeatherweight Muay Thai: Arian Esparza defeated Sam Fitzgerald via knockout at 2:35 of round one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Elliott was one victory away from the biggest moment of his career, but Shamil Erdogan ensured it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-914717","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\/914717","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=914717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}