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Bangkok Post
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Bangkok Post
ONE Championship: Younes Rabah misses weight as Allycia Rodrigues survives title fight scare
Younes Rabah was the biggest name to miss weight at Thursday's ONE Championship weigh-ins – but atomweight queen Allycia Rodrigues narrowly avoided a title fight disaster of her own. The Brazilian Muay Thai champion needed a second attempt to make weight for Saturday's ONE Fight Night 33 headliner at Lumpinee Stadium, after initially coming in 0.25lbs over the atomweight limit. Rodrigues returned later in the official three-hour window to successfully weigh in and pass hydration, keeping her main event bout against the debuting Swedish challenger Johanna Persson intact. But three other fights were left in limbo after hydration failures at the host Best Western Wanda hotel in Bangkok. Algeria's Rabah arrived with just two minutes to spare and passed hydration, but came in heavy for his bantamweight Muay Thai clash with Thailand's Shadow Singha Mawynn. The co-main event bout may still go ahead at a catchweight, with Rabah set to forfeit a percentage of his purse to the ONE Friday Fights standout, who is making his main roster debut. Atomweight MMA newcomer Macarena Aragon of Argentina and Muay Thai debutant Cynthia Flores of Mexico were both unable to provide hydrated samples, leaving their respective bouts on the card in jeopardy. They were left needing to return to pass hydration before they could negotiate catchweights with their respective opponents. Aragon was scheduled to face Japan's Chihiro Sawada, while Flores had been paired with Poland's Martyna Kierczynska. All other fighters cleared the scale, with their bouts to proceed at their contracted weights.
South China Morning Post
26-06-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
ONE Championship: Younes Rabah hopes to seal top 5 spot by beating Shadow Singha Mawynn
Algerian Muay Thai stand-out Younes Rabah knows that victory over Shadow Singha Mawynn in the co-main event at ONE Fight Night 33 on July 12 in Bangkok will all but guarantee him a place in the featherweight Muay Thai top five – where the Thai star currently sits after a surging five-fight winning streak. 'I just feel excited for this new challenge for me,' Rabah told the Post. 'I feel like I'm taking one more step towards achieving my goal.' Shadow, who is ranked third after his winning run, has defeated a who's who of elite strikers, including Hassan Vahdanirad, Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong, Mohammad Siasarani, Jimmy Vienot and Erik Hehir – two of those wins coming by stoppage. But Rabah was not that impressed. 'Shadow is talented, he's very strong, he has all the tools to be a good name,' Rabah said. 'But none of the guys he's fought have the same style I have. They don't have the range, the reach, the power. I think it's a big challenge for both of us.' Play Rabah is on the periphery of the top five after beating the United States' Eddie Abasolo at ONE 169 in Bangkok last November and feels that moving up in weight has unlocked his true potential.
South China Morning Post
18-06-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
ONE Championship: Shadow already thinking beyond headlining ONE Fight Night 33
Thai striking sensation Shadow Singha Mawynn will step into the biggest bout of his career when he headlines ONE Fight Night 33 against Younes Rabah on July 12, and is already thinking about a title shot. Advertisement The 25-year-old Muay Thai phenom has already amassed more than 90 professional fights, including winning the Rajadamnern Stadium Welterweight Muay Thai World title in 2022. Now ranked No 3 in ONE's featherweight Muay Thai division, he stands on the cusp of a world title shot. However, ahead of his career-defining bout at Bangkok's Lumpinee Stadium, Shadow said he is just focusing on the present. 'I just really want to get a win for each fight,' he told the Post. 'The future is up to the future. 'If I still keep going, not giving up, I believe one day I will be able to get a title shot against Tawanchai [PK Saenchaimuaythaigym].' Pressed on whether he had what it took to beat the 26-year-old, Shadow remained coy.
