5 Thrilling Reasons To Watch ONE Fight Night 49: Gabriel Vs. Magomedov
ONE Fight Night 49 on Prime Video serves up nine entertaining battles across four disciplines, and it does not give fans a moment to catch their breath.
The American primetime spectacle touches down at Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium on Friday, November 6, with MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, and submission grappling in the spotlight, offering bouts for every kind of fan.
It caps a triple-header weekend for the world’s largest martial arts organization, following The Inner Circle 37 and ONE Friday Fights 177.
There is no shortage of reasons to tune in, and these five are the most thrilling places to start.
ONE MMA Lightweight World Title Race Heats Up
Lucas Gabriel has turned every appearance on the global stage into a stepping stone, and the Brazilian has yet to taste defeat across six outings in the promotion.
The 26-year-old has gone from submitting Gadzhimurad Amirzhanov to outworking former ONE Lightweight MMA World Champion Ok Rae Yoon at ONE Fight Night 44 in June – easily the biggest win of his career.
Equipped with punching power and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, the Phuket Fight Club man is dangerous in every phase. Standing across from him at ONE Fight Night 49 is no easy task, though.
Magomed “Muhammad” Magomedov arrives from Dagestan with a spotless 15-0 ledger and five straight stoppages, three by TKO and two by rear-naked choke. He steps in for the injured Alibeg Rasulov to make his ONE debut, and a statement could be in the offing.
The timing adds fuel to the fire. Just hours earlier inside the same historic venue, two-division ONE MMA World Champion Christian “The Warrior” Lee defends his lightweight gold against Tye Ruotolo at The Inner Circle 37. A win here could put either Gabriel or Magomedov in line for 26 pounds of gold.
High-Stakes Rematch With A Twist
The rules change, but the stakes only climb higher. When Kongthoranee Sor Sommai and Taiki “Silent Sniper” Naito met under Muay Thai rules at ONE Friday Fights 37 in October 2023, the Thai star took a unanimous decision victory after a three-round scrap. Now they meet again in flyweight kickboxing in what looks destined to be another firefight.
Kongthoranee arrives riding a hot start in his new discipline. The three-time Rajadamnern Stadium Muay Thai World Champion proved his skills translate by outpointing Yuan Pengjie in his kickboxing debut at The Inner Circle 32 in September.
The 29-year-old brings a 73-20 record into this one, and he will be eager to tap into the same weapons that propelled him to victory in their first encounter with a bit of tweaking – due to the rule switch – to wrap this rivalry for good. However, the Japanese warrior is not the same man the Thai veteran beat three years ago.
Naito, a former Shoot Boxing Champion, has looked like a different animal over the past two years. After a tough run of fixtures, “Silent Sniper” bounced into the winner’s column with back-to-back triumphs over Johan “Panda Kick” Estupinan and Nakrob Fairtex before becoming the first man to defeat Hyu “Mister Pepper.”
Whoever emerges victorious in this hotly anticipated sequel could make a loud case for a shot at the vacant ONE Flyweight Kickboxing World Title.
MMA Stars Put Perfect Records On The Line
Beyond Magomedov, four more undefeated MMA stars hit the ring at ONE Fight Night 49, and at least one of those zeros is guaranteed to go.
India’s Nazareth “The Northstar” Lalthazuala leads the charge. The 8-0 star has stayed perfect across three promotional appearances with as many finishes under his belt. The 25-year-old’s first-round TKO of Jhon “The Protagonist” Brutas in June earned him a US$100,000 main roster contract.
He now faces his sternest test yet in strawweight MMA against Lee “The Flash” Seung Cheol, who has yet to taste defeat across six appearances on the global stage.
Poland’s Magdalena “The Powerpuff Girl” Czaban, meanwhile, is out to improve to 6-0 in her career. The 27-year-old owns two knockouts and two submissions, and she looks to build on her winning promotional bow over Natalie Salcedo at ONE Fight Night 46 when she meets Brazil’s Victoria “Vick” Souza in atomweight MMA.
The unbeaten parade continues in bantamweight MMA, where two ONE debutants lock horns. Tajikistan’s Kalandar Tabarov is 5-0 with an 80 percent finishing rate, while Russian ground game specialist Ilmadi Israilov almost doubles his experience at 9-0 – a slate that includes six submission victories.
A KO Machine Looks To Put A King On Notice
From a pair of first-round finishes to a third-round TKO, Bogdan Shumarov has proven that his striking firepower stays potent even in the deep end of fights, and he will be out to knock on the door of the man at the top of the division at ONE Fight Night 49.
Every victory he owns under the ONE banner has come inside the distance, from a 75-second demolition of Marwen Houli in his debut to a first-round knockout of Maciej Karpinski and a third-round TKO of Constantin Rusu.
The lone blemish on his promotional run, meanwhile, came by the narrowest of margins, a split-decision loss to Rungrawee “Legatron” Sitsongpeenong. The 30-year-old Bulgarian sits at 19-3 overall.
He faces Azerbaijan’s Gasham “Tiger” Mammadov in lightweight kickboxing, and the ONE debutant is no pushover. The 23-year-old brings a 21-3 record and five knockouts, along with a 6-foot-1 frame that gives him the size advantage.
Another win could line him up for a shot at two-sport ONE Lightweight World Champion Regian “The Immortal” Eersel, a fight that was supposed to happen, per the divisional king himself.
Grappling Giants Collide
Two giants of the mat step onto ONE’s stage for the first time, when multi-time World Champion Victor Hugo and IBJJF No-Gi World Champion Devhonte “Bones” Johnson collide in an openweight submission grappling bout at ONE Fight Night 49.
Hugo owns the bigger trophy case. The 29-year-old Brazilian won the +99kg division at the 2026 ADCC World Championships, tapping all four opponents from his guard, including Josh Saunders in the final.
With four IBJJF World Titles and a 125-31-2 record behind him, the Six Blades product, known to many as “Big Man Flow,” slips into triangles, armbars, and leg entanglements from his back before smothering opponents from the top.
Waiting for him is a different kind of giant. Johnson grew up on basketball courts and baseball in New Jersey before swapping both for the mats in his final year of high school.
The Bones BJJ and Unity Jiu-Jitsu representative has built an 83-46 record, with 2021 IBJJF No-Gi World gold to show for it. He grapples like a man who never runs out of fuel, chaining scrambles into front headlock attacks and hunting chokes at speed.
Whoever has his hand raised here starts his ONE tenure with a statement that will echo.
