Heavyweights kicked off the first bout of ONE on Prime Video 1 card. Iranian fighters Amir Aliakbari and Italy-based Mauro Cerilli took part in a battle of big boys. Aliakbari returned to the winning column as he dominated the bout.
The Hammer had momentum on his side as he was coming off a win over Abdulbasir Vagabov. Whereas, his Iranian counterpart was coming off a first-round T/KO loss to the interim heavyweight champion, Anatoly Malykhin.
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Thus, the 34-year-old wanted to get back into the win column. And he performed as such.
In the first round, Aliakbari put his opponent to the ground and showed how dominant he could be. With brutal ground and pounds, the heavyweight almost put his Italian opponent out, but the time ran out.
The 39-year-old came back swinging in the second round and backed Aliakbari. However, the takedowns were the decisive factor in the bout. After ground and pound continued in the second round, Herb Dean waived the bout.
MMA fans react to heavyweights showdown at ONE on Prime Video 1
The heavyweights brought some emotions out of fight fans, chiefly the winner, as he used his world-class wrestling in the bout.
He did it. He used the thing that brought him to the dance and won. A modern miracle.
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) August 27, 2022
Heavyweight Time @ONEChampionship @PrimeVideo #OneChampionship #OneOnPrimeVideo1 #WeAreONE pic.twitter.com/YO0bFOLJVR
— Brandon Vera (@Verafied) August 27, 2022
A non reckless Aliakbari. Damn. Did what he had to do to secure an important win, went back to his grappling roots with a demolition job from the crucifix position. Good stuff.
— Harry Elson (@HazElsonBLBR) August 27, 2022
Nice to see Herb Dean take his talents to One Championship and still take his sweet ass time to stop an absolute mauling by Aliakbari #ONEonPrimeVideo1 pic.twitter.com/tHgcOODJ2X
— Kevin Thang (@Skip2MyJays) August 27, 2022
Amir Aliakbari went so hard on the Italian that Herb needed to stop this! #ONEonPrimeVideo1 pic.twitter.com/BiQi54yk4X
— Pottydactyl (@Pottydactyl) August 27, 2022
I feel like Aliakbari has forgotten about grounded knees but he's fucking up Cirilli anyways.
— Val Dewar (Chito Enjoyer) (@the3els) August 27, 2022
Aliakbari finally remembered he's a wrestler and a damn good one
— Cerebral Vigilante (@Delisketo) August 27, 2022
Herb Dean has seen enough and Amir Aliakbari walks away with the 2nd round finish vs. Mauro Cerilli to open up the main card,#ONEonPrimeVideo1 #ONEChampionship
— Rami Hanna of BodySlam.net (@WhoElseButRami) August 27, 2022
BIG hooks from Amir Aliakbari! 💥#ONEonPrimeVideo1 | #ONEChampionship
🇺🇸🇨🇦 Watch live on @PrimeVideo 👉 https://t.co/CgbPo9u9AC
🌍 Watch live on PPV 👉 https://t.co/8MeKhRMtjy pic.twitter.com/6FYCjcFocG— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) August 27, 2022
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Amir Aliakbari gets the TKO win#ONEonPrimeVideo1
pic.twitter.com/EXxVkPgGHW— MMA mania (@mmamania) August 27, 2022
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