Abelardo, who had his back against the wall after consecutive losses under the ONE banner in 2020 that dropped his overall MMA record to 19-8, stopped Emilio Urrutia with a vicious standing elbow in the second round of their bantamweight bout.
Watch the finish below.
Mark Fairtex Abelardo elbows Emilio Urrutia OUT! @MarkAbelardoMMA #ONEFistsOfFury2 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/QEklU1D2lj
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021
The next two MMA bouts on the card also ended with big knockouts for featherweights Yoshiki Nakahara and Tang Kai, who finished Ruslan Emilbek Uulu and Ryogo Takahashi, respectively, in under three minutes.— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021
Yoshiki Nakahara NAILS Ruslan Emilbek Uulu in Round 1! @yoshikinakahara #ONEFistsOfFury2 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/ASb4XfrzKM
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021
Tang Kai moves to 4-0 in ONE with a first-round KO of Ryogo Takahashi! #ONEFistsOfFury2 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/UsxpDtdxFH
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021
Check the complete results below.— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021
Amir Aliakbari vs. Kang Ji Won
Anatoly Malykhin def. Alexandre Machado via first-round TKO
Tang Kai def. Ryogo Takahashi via first-round TKO
Yoshiki Nakahara def. Ruslan Emilbek Uulu via first-round TKO
Mark Fairtex Abelardo def. Emilio Urrutia via second-round KO
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