ONE Championship: The Inner Circle 28 and Friday Fights 168
ONE Championship is closing the month the way it started it – with a bang.
After a run of stacked triple-header weekends, the promotion returns to Bangkok’s historic Lumpinee Stadium this Friday, August 28, for a primetime double bill in Asia: The Inner Circle 28 followed by ONE Friday Fights 168.
Two Headliners, One Ferocious Night
The Inner Circle 28 takes center stage first, and it does so with a main event built for fireworks. Thai knockout specialist Worapon Lukjaoporongtom, a man rising fast through the ranks on the back of his concussive power, faces Italian standout Lenny Blasi in a clash that promises little in the way of caution.
Worapon brings the local pride and a growing reputation for ending nights early. Blasi arrives as the livewire from Europe, the kind of “sensation” who doesn’t come to Lumpinee to play it safe. One clean shot from either man could flip the script in an instant.
Once that dust settles, the spotlight swings straight into ONE Friday Fights 168, where the stakes and the intensity spike again.
In the headline bout, Thai dynamo Wuttikrai Wor Chakrawut meets Iranian power puncher Mohammad “Prince of Persia” Habibpour. It’s a stylistic collision made for Lumpinee’s tight, echoing cauldron: Wuttikrai’s all-action pace against Habibpour’s thudding, fight-ending artillery. One thrives on volume and pressure, the other on making every connection count.
A Card Full of Futures on the Line
Beneath those marquee names, the night bristles with ambition. More than two dozen emerging talents across MMA, Muay Thai, and kickboxing step into the ring chasing more than just a win.
On offer: the kind of opportunity that can change a career overnight – a US$100,000 contract and a coveted place on ONE Championship’s global roster. For many, this isn’t just another fight. It’s an audition for a new life.
Every elbow, every clinch, every scramble will carry that edge. One standout performance can drag a fighter out of obscurity and onto the world stage.
Lumpinee has seen countless careers launched under its lights. On Friday night, it gets ready to do it again.
