ONE Championship

A 48-10 record built before turning 20 says everything about how far one strawweight prospect has already come, and it now meets a number just as remarkable in its own way on a card built almost entirely around fighters chasing their next milestone.

Yonis Anane faces Ricardo Sanchez in a strawweight Muay Thai clash when ONE Friday Fights 170 streams live from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, September 11.

Anane holds the distinction of being the youngest-ever WBC Muay Thai World Champion, a credential built alongside three promotional victories before back-to-back losses interrupted his run heading into this rebuilding assignment.

Sanchez, also 19, holds an 11-1 career record and a perfect two-fight start in the promotion since his April debut, including a TKO victory in kickboxing before adding a Muay Thai win in June.

Anane’s 48-10 mark also includes the weight of his family name, since he is the younger brother of former ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion Nabil Anane. Sanchez, meanwhile, has needed only two appearances to establish himself as one of the promotion’s most efficient newcomers, a number that belies how quickly he has adapted to two different disciplines inside the Circle.

Yonis Anane’s record meets a rising number

Yonis Anane’s world championship pedigree gives him a clear experience edge on paper, but Sanchez’s unbeaten start and quick rise through two disciplines make him a live threat to that record. A win for either fighter adds a significant number to an already compelling teenage rivalry still in its early chapters, one that both camps expect to define the next stage of each man’s career.

Elsewhere on the card, Kongchai Chanaidonmueang’s four-fight winning streak and 78-16 career record run into Ayad Albadr’s five-fight resurgence off a 19-6 overall mark, while Yodlekpet Or Atchariya’s four Muay Thai World Championships and 94 career wins headline a flyweight pairing against Mohamed Taoufyq’s 18-6 record.

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