The former WBC, WMC, WPMF and two-time Lumpinee Stadium champion Yodsanklai Fairtex entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 202-71-4 (79 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super welterweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Artur Kyshenko in 2011 (4-stars-fight, Kyshenko vs Yodsanklai), since then he has won 31 consecutive fights beating Yuan Bing, Luis Regis and Andy Souwer in his last three (Andy Souwer vs Yodsanklai Fairtex 2).
His opponent, the former Wbc and Iska world champ Samy Sana, has an official record of 133-9-1 (49 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Sorgraw Petchyindee and Jo Nattawut, between these two fights he beat Armen Petrosyan. In their first bout Yodsanklai defeated Sana via unanimous decision; this second fight is the quarter-final of the ONE Kickboxing featherweight Grand-Prix tournament and it is on the undercard of Shinya Aoki vs Christian Lee – ONE FC 96. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: ONE Championship 96: Enter the Dragon
Date: 2019-05-17
Where: Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore
Division: super welterweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Yodsanklai’s previous fight: Andy Souwer vs Yodsanklai Fairtex 2
Sana’s next fight: Samy Sana vs Dzhabar Askerov
Yodsanklai vs Sana 2 full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER-GYTzWObs
Official video – Yodsanklai vs Sana starts at 4:33:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0cFgS40jlY