Nong-O Gaiyanghadao
Nong-O Gaiyanghadao (born November 10, 1986), formerly known as Nong-O Sit Or and Nong-O Gaiyanghadaogym, is a Muay Thai fighter currently signed to ONE Championship and is the reigning ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion. After taking a hiatus from Muay Thai in 2015, he became a Muay Thai instructor at Evolve MMA in Singapore. He would then make his comeback at on April 20, 2018. He is a seven-division Muay Thai champion, having won 2 Thailand titles, 1 Rajadamnern Stadium title, 3 Lumpinee Stadium titles, and 1 ONE Championship title. As of  December 2020 he is the number 6 pound-for-pound fighter in the world according to The Nation. Biography. Early career. Nong-O Sit Or (น้องโอ๋ ศิษย์ อ.) was born as "Apichet Khotanan" in Sakon Nakhon Province in the Northeastern (Isan) region of Thailand. He had his first fight at the age of 9. He became interested in Muay Thai when he saw one of his neighbors training. Nong-O was invited to train, and after a month of training he had his first fight. 2008. On August 3, 2008, Nong-O fought against Kōji Okuyama at Keio Plaza hotel  in Hachiōji, Tokyo, and he won by KO with left elbow strike during 3rd round. December 9, 2008, he fought against Wutidet Lukprabath at Lumpinee Stadium in the memorial event of Lumpinee Stadium establishment. He won by decision after five rounds. 2009. On January 18, 2009, Nong-O fought against Tomoaki Suehiro at Yoyogi National Gymnasium for the Muay Thai event "Muay Lok". He won by TKO when the referee stopped the contest after he knocked Suehiro down twice with a right hook and left hook during first round. After the contest, he was given a bunch of flowers by  Shinya Aoki. Nong-O was going to fight against Shunta Itō in the beginning, but he was replaced because his legs had not healed enough. On November 8, 2009, he fought against Trijak Sitjomtrai in Japan. Trijak was the current champion at featherweight sanctioned by the Professional Boxing Association of Thailand, but Nong-O won by majority decision(2-0) after five rounds. On December 8, Nong-O fought against Petboonchu F.A. Group for his Lumpinee Stadium title at Super featherweight(130 lbs). Nong-O won by decision and became the new champion. 2010. On January 17, 2010, Nong-O participated in  the tournament "Yod Muay Champions Cup 60kg" in Japan. He fought against Singdam Kiatmoo9 in the first match. After five rounds, the bout was declared a draw. Nong-O lost by the split decision after extra round (6th round). On December 9, he challenged Saenchai's titles of Lumpinee Stadium and WMC, but he lost by decision. 2011. On January 19, 2011, Nong-O Sit Or was named 2010 Boxer of the Year at the Society of Friends of Sportswriters Awards Night in Bangkok. 2012. Nong-O started the year with a win over Singdam in February and followed  it up the following month with another win over F16 Rajanon. He then lost a very close fight to Singdam in May, which many thought Nong-O had done enough to win, but beat Petboonchu FA Group in June. On 31 July he fought Singdam in the main event at Lumpinee Stadium and was defeated by unanimous decision. He faced Petboonchu F.A. Group for the seventh time on October 12, 2012 at Rajadamnern Stadium. He TKO'd Mongkolchai Phetsupaphan in five on February 7, 2013. He beat Singdam Kiatmuu9 on points to win the Lumpinee lightweight belt on June 7, 2013 . Return after hiatus to ONE Championship. 2018. Following a competitive hiatus in which he moved to Singapore to coach at Evolve, Nong-O returned in 2018 when ONE Championship unveiled their new striking format: the ONE Super Series. Nong-O debuted on April 20 at "" and defeated Fabio Pinca via unanimous decision. He returned to his Thai homeland in October at "", and defeated Mehdi Zatout via unanimous decision. 2019: ONE Muay Thai Bantamweight World Champion. On February 16, 2019, Nong-O defeated Han Zihao by unanimous decision to become the inaugural ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion at "" in Bangkok . On May 10, 2019, he would defend his ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship against Hiroaki Suzuki at "", winning by unanimous decision and retaining his title. He made his second title defense against Brice Delval at "" in Ho Chi Minh City on September 6, 2019, featuring ONE Championship's first event in Vietnam and first all-striking card, where he successfully retained the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship via a closely contested split decision win. Nong-O is scheduled to make his third title defense against Saemapetch Fairtex at "ONE Championship: Edge Of Greatness" on November 22, 2019. Nong -O successfully defended his ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship against Saemapetch Fairtex, winning by fourth-round knockout in a fight where he knocked down Saemapetch twice in the second round. 2020: Fight with Rodlek. After Alaverdi Ramazanov won the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship at "", he expressed interest in defending his title against Nong-O. A title fight between the two has been scheduled for "" on March 20, 2020. However, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, Nong-O is scheduled to defend his ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship against Rodlek P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym after the  latter won the 2020 ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai Tournament at "". He is scheduled to defend his title against Rodlek at "ONE Championship: Collision Course" on December 18, 2020. He successfully defended his title with a third round knockout of Rodlek. 2022. Nong-O made his fifth title defense of the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship against Felipe Lobo at "" on March 26, 2022. He won the bout after knocking out Lobo with an uppercut in the third round. Titles and accomplishments. Muay Thai Muay Thai record. ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background :white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background :white | ! style=background:white |