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Morocco World
08-04-2025
- Sport
- Morocco World
Morocco's Mouhcine Chafi Loses to George Jarvis at ONE Fight Night 30
Casablanca – Mouhcine Chafi lost to England's George Jarvis at ONE Championship show ONE Fight Night 30: Kryklia vs Knowles inside Bangkok's iconic Lumpinee Stadium. Chafi opened the lightweight Muay Thai bout well with straight punches to his opponent's head but Jarvis managed to knock down the Moroccan midway through the first round with a left hook. In the second round, Jarvis continued to dominate with more efficient striking. The two men traded kicks and punches, but with less than a minute to go in the second round, Jarvis knocked down Chafi again with a right hand to the chin. With Chafi trailing on points and needing to finish his opponent, he blazed forward in the third and final round, attempting various strikes but landing too few to tilt the bout in his favor. In the end, Jarvis picked up a unanimous decision win, raising his overall professional record to 27-4. Meanwhile, the 27-year-old Moroccan sees his record drop to 32-8 after falling to his third straight loss in ONE Championship. Tags: one championshipONE Fight Night
Arab News
01-04-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
Two Moroccan fighters set for ONE Fight Night 30 in Bangkok
DUBAI: Two fighters will represent Morocco at global martial arts organization ONE Championship's upcoming show ONE Fight Night 30: Kryklia vs. Knowles in the morning hours of this Saturday, April 5. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport Mouhcine Chafi will face in-form English counterpart George Jarvis in a lightweight Muay Thai bout inside Bangkok's Lumpinee Stadium. Nicknamed 'The Assassin,' Chafi will need to lean on his rich experience to bounce back from two consecutive defeats against top opposition, including former world title challenger Sinsamut Klinmee. Despite his difficult start at ONE Championship, the 27-year-old Moroccan has all the skills needed to revive his career in the organization. Chafi, who owns a 31-7 Muay Thai and kickboxing record, has beaten some of the most talented strikers in the world and picked up international Muay Thai titles, including the WBC Light Heavyweight Muay Thai championship. Meanwhile, Chafi's opponent, Jarvis, hopes to claim his fourth consecutive win in ONE Championship and to raise his 26-4 overall professional record. After a split-decision debut loss, the 24-year-old English fighter went on to pick up two decision wins against Iraq's Mustafa Al Tekreeti and Argentina's Ricardo Bravo before scoring a knockout win against Thailand's Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong. While Chafi will enter his third fight in ONE Championship, Elmehdi El Jamari will be making his promotional debut on the same fight card. El Jamari, who is the younger brother of ONE athlete Zakaria El Jamari, will face Thailand's Thongpoon PK Saenchai in a strawweight Muay Thai bout. The 27-year-old Moroccan fighter has won Muay Thai titles at the national, regional, and international levels. He is a seven-time Morocco Muay Thai champion, a two-time Arab Muay Thai champion, and a former world champion at reputable martial arts organizations WBC and K-1. The 27-year-old Thai fighter had opened his promotional account with four consecutive wins — including three knockout victories — before losing to his next opponent's older brother, Zakaria. Most recently, Saenchai recovered from a decision loss against Rui Botelho with an impressive technical knockout victory against former world title challenger Danial Williams. ONE Fight Night 30: Kryklia vs. Knowles will be headlined by two world title bouts. In the main event, Ukraine's two-sport, two-weight division ONE world champion Roman Kryklia defends his ONE Heavyweight Muay Thai world championship against fellow England's WBC Muay Thai heavyweight champion Lyndon Knowles. Two-sport ONE world champion Regian Eersel will also defend his ONE Lightweight Kickboxing world championship in the show's co-main event against former divisional titleholder Alexis Nicolas. The two stars are eying a decisive win in an exciting trilogy with the score tied with one win for each fighter against the other. The show will also witness the returns of fan-favorite Seksan Or Kwanmuang, undefeated Uzbek star Sanzhar Zakirov, the debut of BJJ star Fabricio Andrey, and a pivotal featherweight Muay Thai contest between Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong and Nico Carrillo with the latter hoping to recover from his heart-breaking first promotional loss against Algeria's Nabil Anane in their ONE Interim Bantamweight Muay Thai world title bout at ONE 170 in January.
Morocco World
25-03-2025
- Sport
- Morocco World
Morocco's Mouhcine Chafi to Face England's George Jarvis on April 5
Morocco's Mouhcine Chafi is set to face England's George Jarvis in a tough lightweight Muay Thai bout in an upcoming ONE Championship show. Chafi and Jarvis meet in the morning hours of Sunday, April 5 at ONE Fight Night 30: Kryklia vs Knowles inside Bangkok's iconic Lumpinee Stadium. Entering his third bout, Chafi desperately needs a win after two losses against top lightweight Muay Thai athletes, including former world title challenger Sinsamut Klinmee. However, the 27-year-old Moroccan, who is nicknamed 'The Assassin' possesses the skills and experience to revive his ONE Championship. With a 31-7 Muay Thai and Kickboxing professional record to his name, Chafi has lived up to his moniker, picking up great wins across his career and winning several international Muay Thai titles, including the WBC Light Heavyweight Muay Thai championship. Chafi faces a big task against in-form English striker Jarvis who has three consecutive victories in ONE Championship. The 24-year-old star, who owns a 26-4 overall record, most recently scored an incredible knockout against rising Thai star Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong. ONE Fight Night 30 is headlined by a clash of titans as Roman Kryklia defends his ONE Heavyweight Muay Thai world title against Lyndon Knowles. Tags: mouhcine chafione championship
