Rambolek stepped on the scales before his fight with Yod-IQ and missed weight. ONE Championship stripped him of the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship, so only Yod-IQ Or Pimolsri could win the belt when the two met at The Inner Circle 30 on September 11.
The fight stayed on. ONE’s preview said it still had the ingredients of a barnburner, and the numbers explain why.
Two streaks colliding
Rambolek Chor Ajalaboon, 23, comes in on a six-fight winning streak with three highlight-reel finishes in his last four outings. He beat Nabil Anane in the headline bout of The Inner Circle 7 in March. His weapon is his fists. Against Parham Gheirati he put the man down twice in the first round and twice more in the second. A right hand knocked out Abdulla “Smash Boy” Dayakaev in the ONE Fight Night 39 main event last January, and a single left hook flattened Dmitrii “The Silent Assassin” Kovtun.
Yod-IQ, 24, has won ten in a row since December 2023, the latest against Kiamran Nabati in the main event of The Inner Circle 15 in May. His elbows are the sharpest tool he owns. He dropped Samuel Bielen twice with them and opened a cut on Petru Morari’s forehead. In the clinch they turn into a finishing weapon.
What could decide it
ONE’s preview picked out four keys. Rambolek’s calm under pressure is one. Against Craig Coakley he spent round one on the back foot, adjusted in round two and found his right hand. Kovtun rocked him early with combinations and low kicks, and Rambolek reset between rounds before landing the left hook that ended it.
Yod-IQ’s counter is attrition. He grinds opponents with kicks to the body and legs, as he did over a full decision against Mavlud Tifiyev, and against Kirill Khomutov. The same kicks can finish quickly: in his rematch with Alexey Balyko, the only man to beat him on the global stage, he landed a high kick for a first-round knockout. Should that rhythm take hold, Rambolek’s legs and gas tank could fade well before the judges are needed.
