Tiffany Teo submits Ritu Phogat in the first round at ONE 161

(James Goyder is the proprietor/editor of AsianMMA.com)

Tiffany Teo now has eight ONE Championship wins to her identify. The Singaporean made a profitable begin to life within the atomweight division at ONE 161 with a submission win over Ritu Phogat.

The one two losses of Teo’s profession got here in strawweight title fights in opposition to present champion Xiong Jing Nan. Having established herself on the primary contender in that division she determined to drop down in weight.

Because of this Teo towered over Ritu Phogat on the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Thursday evening (native time). The Singaporean landed some heavy low kicks within the opening exchanges though Phogat did rating with a proper hand. 

Teo landed a strong proper kick to the midsection however the Indian was in a position to catch her subsequent kick and instantly labored for a single leg takedown. The 2 time strawweight title challenger stuffed it with relative ease. 

Teo had her again in opposition to the cage as Phogat labored for the one leg. However the Singaporean stored her composure and used a large base to stop her opponent from getting sufficient leverage.

From there Teo tried to seize Phogat’s proper arm and promptly took the Indian’s again. There have been three minutes remaining within the spherical giving the Singaporean loads of time to sink within the submission.

Teo had each hooks in and seemed on the verge of ending the battle however Phogat was in a position to peel her arms off. However there was no escape and the Singaporean finally secured a physique triangle with each ft locked across the Indian’s midriff.

Phogat rolled over and located herself face down on the canvass however Teo nonetheless had her again. After softening her up with some knees to the top the Singaporean locked in one other rear bare choke and this time there was no escape. 

The faucet got here on the 4:52 mark with Teo securing the fifth submission win of her profession. She improves to 11-2 and strikes instantly into atomweight title rivalry whereas Phogat drops to 7-3.

Better of the remaining

Saygid Izagakhmaev (21-2) used his wrestling to regulate Zhang Lipeng (33-12) for 3 rounds. The #5 ranked Russian claimed a transparent lower resolution win to maneuver nearer to a possible title shot within the light-weight division.

Oumar Kane (4-1) obtained again to profitable methods with a second spherical stoppage win over Batradz Gazzaev (3-1). The Senegalese star mounted his opponent and rained down punches till the referee had no choice however to step in and name off the competition.

ONE 161, Singapore, September twenty ninth

• Petchmorakot Petchyindee (c) vs. Tawanchai PKSaenchaigym (For Featherweight Title)
• Kickboxing: Roman Kryklia vs. Guto Inocente (Heavyweight Grand Prix Semi Finals)
• Kickboxing: Iraj Azizpour def. Bruno Chaves by way of Choice (Unanimous)
• Saygid Izagakhmaev def. Zhang Lipeng by way of Choice (Unanimous)
• Tiffany Teo def. Ritu Phogat by way of Submission (Rear Bare Choke) at 4:52 of R1
• Alaverdi Ramazanov def. Captain Petchyindee by way of Choice (Break up)
• Sangmanee PKSaenchaigym def. Zhang Chenglong by way of Choice (Break up)
• Oumar Kane def.. Batradz Gazzaev by way of TKO (Punches) at 2:15 of R2
• Muay Thai: Ferrari Fairtex def. Han Zi Hao by way of Choice (Unanimous)