ONE Fight Night 34 results: Rungrawee tops Youssef Assouik in technical back-and-forth

Lightweight Muay Thai strikers Youssef Assouik and Rungrawee “Legatron” Sitsongpeenong exchanged heavy leather in their three-round showdown at ONE Fight Night 34: Eersel vs Jarvis on Prime Video.

Here's a blow-by-blow of the pulsating action inside Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, August 1.

ROUND 1: Rungrawee sizes up Assouik with a chopping leg kick. He changes level with a roundhouse but misses his target.

Assouik bridges the gap and lands back-to-back elbows from the clinch. The 6-foot-3 tower sneaks in two knees to the body before the referee breaks the clinch.

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'Legatron' catches Assouik's front kick attempt and counters with another leg kick. Assouik initiates another clinch but eats a right elbow from the Thai.

ROUND 2: A clinch battle ensues, with both fighters delivering spear-like knees to the mid-section. Assouik connects with a right elbow after the break but misses the follow-up spinning body kick.

Rungrawee retreats and counters with a clean left-hand laser. Assouik tries to find a home for his head kick, but the Thai veteran keeps his guard up. Rungrawee finishes the round strong with more knees to the body from the clinch.

ROUND 3: Assouik continues to push forward and cuts off Rungrawee near the ring ropes. 'Legatron' circles around and continues his lower-body kicking assault.

Rungrawee uses effective feints to get a right hand past Assouil's guard.

Assouik responds by tagging Rungrawee with a gorgeous one-two. Rungrawee clinches and connects on more knees to the body.

RESULT: Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong defeats Youssef Assouik via unanimous decision (Muay Thai - lightweight)

What's next for Rungrawee?

Rungrawee weathered Assouik's late surge and did enough to secure the W. The 29-year-old veteran secured his sixth win in the promotion and continues to be a mainstay in the 170-pound striking division.

He may need to string a few more victories to challenge reigning ONE lightweight Muay Thai world champion Regian Eersel.

A match-up against former world title challenger Sinsamut Klinmee would be a good gauge to see if 'Legatron' is ready for 26 pounds of gold. A rematch with George Jarvis could also be in the cards for him.

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Edited by Ted Razon