Casablanca – Elmehdi El Jamari opened his ONE Championship account with a spectacular first-round knockout victory against Thai star Thongpoon PK Saenchai at ONE Fight Night 30: Kryklia vs Knowles.
El Jamari dominated Thongpoon in a strawweight Muay Thai contest inside Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium right from the start, launching leg kicks and punches that forced his Thai counterpart to retreat towards the ropes.
As the two men traded hooks, Thongpoon landed an elbow strike, but El Jamari was much more efficient in his striking, knocking down his opponent in under two minutes with a left punch.
Later, with Thongpoon’s back to the ropes, El Jamari continued to press forward, swinging with a combination of punches, targeting the head and body before landing a crispy left hook that finished his opponent at 2:56 of the first round.
El Jamari picked up a statement win on his promotional debut after following in the footsteps of older brother and fellow ONE athlete Zakaria El Jamari who defeated Thongpoon via unanimous decision last year.
With his debut win, 27-year-old Moroccan star now raises his incredible overall record to 27-1.
