ONE Struggle Night time 11 kicked off with a hard-hitting heavyweight kickboxing conflict between Brazilian standout Guto Inocente and Rade Opacic.
Guto Inocente and Rade Opacic stepped contained in the ring on the legendary Lumpinee Boxing Stadium on Friday night time to run again their ONE 158 conflict in June 2022. Their earlier bout noticed Inocente stroll away with a first-round knockout of Opacic. Going into the bout, Inocente was seeking to bounce again from a September loss in opposition to Roman Kryklia whereas Opacic was intent on making it two-in-a-row after scoring a second-round KO in opposition to Giannis Soforidis in his final outing.
Guto Inocente opened issues up with a few stiff leg kicks, however Opacic returned hearth up high with a mix of strikes that had Inocente on his proverbial bicycle. Opacic continued to push the tempo all through the opening spherical. With 15 seconds to go, Opacic uncorked a mix, catching Inocente with a giant proper hand that despatched him crashing to the canvas. Inocente was capable of reply the referee’s 10-count and make it to the second spherical.
Rade Opacic got here out for the second spherical with seemingly no respect for Inocente’s energy and continued to pepper the Brazilian with a bevy of strikes. Opacic appeared to decelerate within the second half of the spherical, permitting Inocente to storm again and land a wide range of strong strikes of his personal.
The third spherical was by far the closest as each fighters started to fatigue. Opacic seemed to be the brisker fighter all through the ultimate three minutes however was unable to muster the power wanted to place Inocente on the mat earlier than the ultimate bell sounded.
Official End result: Rade Opacic def. Guto Inocente by way of unanimous choice.