Indian mixed martial arts icon Ritu Phogat suffered her second defeat in a row after she was forced into submission by Tiffany Teo in their atomweight bout at the ONE 161: Petchmorakot vs. Tawanchai event which took place in Singapore on Thursday.
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Her first fight since losing to Stamp Fairtex in the ONE Women’s Atomweight World Grand Prix Final at ONE Championship: Winter Warriors last December, Ritu headed into the fight with an aim to return to winning ways.
Unfortunately, ‘The Indian Tigress’ was locked into a rear naked choke towards the end of the first round itself by Teo, ultimately forcing her to tap at the 4:52 minute mark.
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ONE 161 FULL RESULT
Main Card
- Featherweight Muay Thai: Tawanchai P.K.Saenchai defeats Petchmorakot Petchyindee (c) via unanimous decision
- Heavyweight Kickboxing: Roman Kryklya defeats Guto Inocente via KO (punches and kick) (R1, 0:52)
- Heavyweight Kickboxing: Iraj Azizpour defeats Bruno Chaves via unanimous decision
- Lightweight: Saygid Izagakhmaev defeats Zhang Lipeng via unanimous decision
- Women’s Atomweight: Tiffany Teo defeats Ritu Phogat via submission (rear-naked choke) (R1, 4:52)
- Heavyweight: Reug Reug defeats Batradz Gazzaev via TKO (ground-and-pound) (R2, 2:15)
Lead Card
- Bantamweight Muay Thai: Alaverdi Ramazanov defeats Capitan Petchyindee via split decision
- Bantamweight Muay Thai: Sangmanee P.K.Saenchai defeats Zhang Chenglong via split decision
- Featherweight Muay Thai: Ferrari Fairtex defeats Han Zi Hao via unanimous decision
- Bantamweight Submission Grappling: Rodrigo Marello defeats Ruslan Bagdasarian via submission (ankle lock) (R1, 0:15)
- Middleweight: Ali Foladi defeats Matheus Felipe via KO (punch) (R1, 4:20)
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