MMASucka staff picks are in for the first of four cards across the next four days.
ONE Fight Night 15 kicks off the quadruple-header weekend with action from the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. North America viewers can catch the event tonight, October 6th beginning at 8:00pm ET (5:00pm PT) available to Amazon Prime Video subscribers. The event takes place at 7:00am ICT on Saturday, October 7th for viewers from Thailand. See ONE Championship’s website here to see how to watch the card in your country.
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Results from ONE Fight Night 15 will be available here at MMASucka. Stay tuned.
Also, keep an eye out for our UFC Vegas 80: Dawson vs. Green and Bellator 300: Nurmagomedov vs. Primus picks both on Saturday the 7th as well as the final 2023 event with Dana White’s Contender Series: Season 7, Week 10 picks on Tuesday the 10th.
The Fights
In the featured main event, Thanh Le and Ilya Freymanov will fight for the interim ONE Featherweight Championship. The winner will be next in line to take on current divisional champion Tang Kai who has been sidelined since May with a knee injury.
Returning to the cage for the first time in nearly 14 months sees Le who lost the featherweight title to Kai at ONE 160 in August of last year. The loss snapped a five-fight win streak with stoppages all by way of knockout including over notables Martin Nguyen and Garry Tonon as the former LFA Featherweight Champion aims to return to the peak at 155 pounds. Le’s opponent, Freymanov, hopes to make his third promotional appearance the most impressive in his first title opportunity following first-round stoppages over the aforementioned Nguyen and Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg. Five victories have come since his second career loss in March of 2021 as the talented striker looks to better Le in the standup department.
Meeting in the strawweight division sees a pairing between Joshua Pacio and Mansur Malachiev. Two-time divisional champion Pacio lost the title in his December of last year outing versus Jarred Brooks. Dagestani wrestler Malachiev has won all eleven of his mixed martial arts fights including his first-round D’arce choke over Jeremy Miado in his June ONE debut.
Making his return after a year-plus layoff sees Timofey Nastyukhin planning to avoid four consecutive defeats as he battles former two-divisional Kunlun Fight Champion and The Ultimate Fighter: China tournament victory Zhang Lipeng at lightweight.
Although not counted towards our picks, undefeated Jonathan Di Bella looks to defend his ONE Strawweight Kickboxing title against former flyweight title challenger Danial Williams.
Two additional MMA fights compose the event ahead. Who have the MMASucka staff picked and predicted to win at ONE Fight Night 15?
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2023 Staff Picks
MMASucka staff picks are composed of five promotions: the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bellator MMA, ONE Championship, the Professional Fighters League (PFL), and Dana White’s Contender Series (DWCS). UFC and Bellator events feature picks from only main cards. PFL will feature select fights from the main and/or preliminary card while DWCS sees all fights counted from the event. ONE Championship returns to picks for the first time since 2020 and will feature only mixed martial arts (MMA) fights selected from cards with a minimum three matchups.
The WINNER of staff picks at the end of 2023, who picked the most victorious fighters, will have a choice between receiving a custom-made championship belt from ProAmBelts or a chain from Championship Chains. Staff picks in 2022 was won by Wesley Riddle with a record of 264-135.
See our picks for ONE Fight Night 15 below.
Staff Records after Dana White’s Contender Series – Season 7, Week 9:
1. Ben Jamieson: 248-124
2. Michael DeSantis: 240-128
3. Jeremy Brand: 238-134
4. Wesley Riddle: 235-137
5. Nate Freeman: 233-139
6. Frazer Krohn: 223-149
7. Julio Monteros Jr.: 203-114
8. Andrew Benjamin: 174-148
9. Jack Goodwillie: 148-83
10. Brian Knight: 140-84
11. Tim Wheaton: 105-60
12. Roemello Reyes: 62-34
13. Jonathan Andrade: 31-24
14. Brandon Joint: 12-9
15. Andrew Harbaugh: 10-7
16. Joshua Yule: 7-6
17. Chris De Santiago: 6-6
18. Antwyn Jackson: 5-6
*Note – not all staff pick for every event*
Hiroyuki Tetsuka (11-4), -340
vs.
Jin Tae Ho (11-6), +250
Welterweight Division
– 185 LBS. ~ 83.9 KG. –
Jeremy Brand: Tetsuka via Unanimous Decision
Wesley Riddle: Tetsuka via Unanimous Decision
Michael DeSantis: Tetsuka via Round 1 TKO
Andrew Benjamin: Tetsuka via Unanimous Decision
Nate Freeman: Tetsuka via Unanimous Decision
Ben Jamieson: Tetsuka via Round 3 TKO
Staff picking Tetsuka: 6
Staff picking Tae Ho: 0
Eko Roni Saputra (7-2), -128
vs.
Hu Yong (11-4), -100
Flyweight Division
– 135 LBS. ~ 61.2 KG. –
Jeremy Brand: Yong via Unanimous Decision
Wesley Riddle: Roni Saputra via Round 1 TKO
Michael DeSantis: Yong via Unanimous Decision
Andrew Benjamin: Roni Saputra via Unanimous Decision
Nate Freeman: Yong via Unanimous Decision
Ben Jamieson: Roni Saputra via Unanimous Decision
Staff picking Roni Saputra: 3
Staff picking Yong: 3
Timofey Nastyukhin (14-7), +120
vs.
Lipeng Zhang (33-12-2), -154
Lightweight Division
– 170 LBS. ~ 77.1 KG. –
Jeremy Brand: Nastyukhin via Round 2 TKO
Wesley Riddle: Lipeng via Round 1 TKO
Michael DeSantis: Lipeng via Round 2 TKO
Andrew Benjamin: Nastyukhin via Round 1 TKO
Nate Freeman: Lipeng via Round 1 TKO
Ben Jamieson: Lipeng via Unanimous Decision
Staff picking Nastyukhin: 2
Staff picking Zhang: 4
Joshua Pacio (20-4), +330
vs.
Mansur Malachiev (11-0), -480
Strawweight Division
– 125 LBS. ~ 56.7 KG. –
Jeremy Brand: Malachiev via Round 1 TKO
Wesley Riddle: Malachiev via Unanimous Decision
Michael DeSantis: Malachiev via Unanimous Decision
Andrew Benjamin: Malachiev via Split Decision
Nate Freeman: Malachiev via Unanimous Decision
Ben Jamieson: Malachiev via Round 1 TKO
Staff picking Pacio: 0
Staff picking Malachiev: 6
Thanh Le (13-3), +186
vs.
Ilya Freymanov (12-2), -245
Interim Featherweight Divisional Championship
– Main Event –
– 155 LBS. ~ 70.3 KG. –
Jeremy Brand: Le via Round 2 TKO
Wesley Riddle: Le via Round 1 TKO
Michael DeSantis: Le via Round 2 TKO
Andrew Benjamin: Le via Round 2 TKO
Nate Freeman: Le via Round 2 TKO
Ben Jamieson: Freymanov via Unanimous Decision
Staff picking Le: 5
Staff picking Freymanov: 1
ONE FIGHT NIGHT 15 FEATURED IMAGE:
Thanh Le (left) and Ilya Freymanov (right) battle at ONE Fight Night 15 on Saturday, October 7th for the Interim Featherweight Championship from the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
