ONE Friday Fights 84 took place on October 25th, 2024 and the event was opened by an interesting grappling match between Yuan Yi and Tomoshige Sera. Although Yi came into the match with an unbeaten promotional record, his pair of wins by submission both came in MMA. Sera on the other hand was coming in off a lightning-quick submission win in his promotional debut at ONE Friday Fights 76 just two months ago. Yi actually pulled guard early in the match after a little handfighting, which played into Sera’s strengths as a skilled guard-passer. Yi was doing a great job of inverting right from the start to open up choi bar opportunities, but Sera was doing a good job of staying safe as he worked his passing.
Sera almost hits a pass to north-south after a few minutes and manages to expose Yi’s back when he defends, giving him the chance to get one hook in. Sera switches quickly to a knee-slice pass when Yi gets his back to the mat and falls back for a leglock when he swings his leg over the top. A brief guillotine threat forces Yi back to his back and Sera begins passing again, but Yi’s ability to loop his leg over the top with the threat of a choi bar forces him to disengage several times over the next few minutes.
Sera drops back for a leglock again but Yi defends quickly and Sera comes back up to standing rather than conceding top position. Yi recovers closed guard and almost hits a sweep but Sera regains his balance, staying tight to his body and immediately standing when Yi opens his guard for a triangle choke. Sera drops in to a bodylock but Yi recovers closed guard again, transitioning to rubber guard and threatening Sera with an omoplata that forces him to defend. Sera returns to standing and drops for a leglock again, but this time Yi is able to come up on top when he defends.
Yi attempts a quick ankle-lock from the top but he can’t get anywhere with it, and he starts using heavy pressure from top half-guard to pass. Sera inverts and gets a slick entry to the saddle, but Yi defends and pulls Sera into an omoplata when he tries to come up on top. Sera keeps his arm safe but Yi is able to sweep him when he pulls it free, and he starts passing again. Sera gets an entry to 50/50 in the dying seconds but neither man is able to get anything off before the bell sounds. With no catches for either man, the judges award Yuan Yi the split decision win over Tomoshige Sera at ONE Friday Fights 84.
ONE Friday Fights 84 Full Results
“Elbow Zombie” Muangthai PK Saenchai defeats Kongsuk Fairtex via KO – Punch
Palangboon Wor Santai defeats Xavier Gonzalez via Decision – Split
Petsaenkom Sor Sommai defeats Sunday Boomdeksean via Decision – Majority
Banluelok Sitwatcharachai defeats Tubtimthong Sor Jor Lekmuangnon via KO – Punches
Singdam Kafefocus defeats Andrii Mezentsev via Decision – Unanimous
Kochasit Tasaeyasat defeats Detpichai NaweeAndaman via KO – Punches
Parham Gheirati defeats George Mouzakitis via KO – Elbow and Punches
Omar “Ochoo” Kinteh defeats Eh Mwi via Decision – Unanimous
Sonrak Fairtex defeats Yuki Kasahara via Decision – Unanimous
Yangdam Jitmuangnon defeats Kongpoxay LaoLaneXang via Decision – Unanimous
Marwin “Green Goblin” Quirante defeats Phan Thanh Tung via TKO – Retirement
Yuan Yi defeats Tomoshige Sera via Decision – Split
The full ONE Friday Fights 84 live event replay, including all of the above results, is available to watch on the official YouTube channel of ONE Championship:
