Full Card Revealed For The Inner Circle 25 On August 7
After back-to-back ONE World Title matches in the previous two main events at The Inner Circle, ONE Championship returns to Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, August 7, with a headliner that could see the winner get the next crack at divisional gold.
The Inner Circle 25 streams live at live.onefc.com and features a pivotal matchup between a former titleholder and a man on one of the hottest streaks in the division. Plus, the card sees a highly anticipated rematch and a ONE SAMURAI Featherweight Kickboxing Tournament quarterfinal.
In the main event, former divisional king Nabil Anane faces Suakim Pongsuphan PK in what is a ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title eliminator.
Anane had a 2025 that cemented his place among the division’s all-time greats. He stopped Nico “King of the North” Carrillo to claim the ONE Interim Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title in January, avenged his loss to “The Kicking Machine” Superlek two months later, and was elevated to undisputed World Champion in June — all before his 22nd birthday.
He then dropped a competitive five-round decision to Rambolek Chor Ajalaboon in March 2026 and lost the belt.
However, what Anane has shown throughout his career is that losses only sharpen him. He is a walking skyscraper at 6-foot-4, technically elite, and motivated by the kind of unfinished business that tends to produce the best performances of a fighter’s career.
Suakim arrives with undeniable momentum. The three-division Lumpinee Stadium Muay Thai World Champion had a difficult start to his promotional run before turning it around completely. Since April 2024, he has not lost.
His seven-bout winning streak includes four knockout victories, and he has already earned his six-figure ONE contract. He is a Thai veteran at the peak of his powers, and a win over a former ruler on this stage would be the statement performance of his career.
In the co-main event, Abdulla “Smash Boy” Dayakaev and Superlek run it back in bantamweight Muay Thai action — a rematch with unfinished business on both sides.
Their first meeting at The Inner Circle 14 this past May produced one of the most debated results on the weekly platform. Dayakaev dropped Superlek in the first round with a right hand, then survived a dominant second and third from the Thai, who took over with low kicks and clinch work. Two of three judges gave Dayakaev the split decision. But the knockdown, and the fact that Dayakaev missed weight by 3.2 pounds, left plenty of room for disagreement.
Both men are fighting for their place in the bantamweight conversation. Superlek, the ONE Flyweight Kickboxing World Champion, was stripped of his bantamweight Muay Thai gold for missing weight, was beaten by Anane, and then outclassed by Yuki Yoza in a kickboxing matchup at ONE 173. He needs a decisive result.
Dayakaev, the 24-year-old Russian from Team Mehdi Zatout and Team Chingiz Allazov, arrives on the back of that split decision looking to prove it was no fluke. At 16-3, “Smash Boy” is one of the most dangerous strikers in the division, and a second win over the pound-for-pound great would put him firmly in the World Title conversation.
The card also features a ONE SAMURAI Featherweight Kickboxing Tournament quarterfinal bout between Marat Grigorian and Mamuka Usubyan, with the tournament winner earning a shot at Superbon’s ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Title.
Grigorian, a three-time Glory World Champion with 70 career wins, riding a three-bout finishing streak, enters as the favorite and has his eyes on a fourth encounter with Superbon, a man he once knocked out in 29 seconds. Usubyan brings a seven-bout winning streak, a 24-2 record, and the hunger of a fighter who has never been knocked out and has never been given a stage this big.
The Inner Circle 25 August 7 Full Card
- Nabil Anane vs. Suakim Sor Jor Tongprajin (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
- Abdulla Dayakaev vs. Superlek (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
- Marat Grigorian vs. Mamuka Usubyan (kickboxing – featherweight)
