ONE Championship has confirmed a flyweight Muay Thai rematch between Johan Ghazali and Johan Estupinan for The Inner Circle 42 on Friday, December 11, at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. The promotion announced the pairing on October 31.
Estupinan beat Ghazali by unanimous decision at ONE 170 in Bangkok on January 24, 2025. Ghazali scored a first-round knockdown, but Estupinan returned the favor in round two and all three judges scored the fight for him.
Since that loss, Ghazali has gone through a mixed stretch. He dropped decisions to Shimon Yoshinari and Ramadan Ondash before beating Diego Paez by unanimous decision at The Inner Circle 35 on October 16, avenging an earlier split-decision loss to Paez at ONE Fight Night 32, according to MiddleEasy. Estupinan, for his part, lost a majority decision to Taiki Naito and a second-round TKO to Black Panther in Muay Thai, while picking up a kickboxing win over Akif Guluzada at ONE Fight Night 44 in June. A planned Muay Thai rematch with Naito at ONE Fight Night 49 fell through when an injury pulled Estupinan from that card, so December 11 marks his return to the discipline.
ONE has framed the winner as having a strong case for a place in its flyweight Muay Thai top five. Ghazali is looking to square the series at 1-1, while Estupinan is seeking to make it 2-0.
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