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3 Explosive Reasons To Watch The Inner Circle 38 On November 13

Here are three explosive reasons The Inner Circle 38 is unmissable this Friday.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•2 min read•Updated November 9, 2026, 2:02 AM UTC
Key points
  • Living Legends Rodtang And Nong-O Finally Meet In The Ring View this post on Instagram Two of the most accomplished Muay Thai World Champions in ONE Championship history will share the ring after waiting nearly a year.
  • The #2-ranked contender Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon takes on #3-ranked Nong-O Hama in a Grand Prix quarterfinal bout, and for Rodtang it is a dream matchup against the man he idolized as a kid.
  • Nong-O was knocked out by Asadula “The Dagestan Ninja” Imangazaliev in March while challenging for the vacant ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Title, then bounced back with a win over fellow Thai great Kongthoranee Sor Sommai in their trilogy three months later.

ONE Championship returns to Bangkok’s famed Lumpinee Stadium on Friday, November 13, with an action-packed night of Muay Thai at The Inner Circle 38, streaming live and exclusively for members at live.onefc.com in Asia primetime.

The fight was supposed to happen at ONE 173 last November, when former longtime ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang and former longtime ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion Nong-O were booked for the vacant flyweight belt.

Additional details
  • Shimon And Ramadan Bring That Young-Gun Energy Photo Credit: ONE Championship The quarterfinal between #4-ranked Shimon Yoshinari and #5-ranked Ramadan Ondash pits two of the youngest stars in the division against each other.
  • Six-Figure ONE Contracts Are Up For Grabs View this post on Instagram Beyond the two high-profile Grand Prix quarterfinals, several fighters have a chance to turn a strong showing into a life-changing US$100,000 contract and a place on ONE Championship’s global roster.
  • Banluelok has six ONE victories, including a win over ONE Atomweight Muay Thai World Title challenger Songchainoi Kiatsongrit in his most recent fight, and rides a three-fight streak into Lumpinee.
  • A close loss to Aliff Sor Dechapan, now the ONE Interim Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion, sent him up to flyweight, where he has beaten both Suriyanlek Por Yenying and Ghazali.
  • Shimon, a former WBC Muay Thai World Champion and cousin of ONE Atomweight Muay Thai World Champion Nadaka Yoshinari, is 27-1 and has not lost since debuting in ONE in late 2024.

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