Nong-O Gaiyanghadao
Seven ONE title defenses after a full stadium career
- Born
- November 10, 1986, Sakon Nakhon, Thailand
- Nationality
Thailand- Height
- 171 cm (5′7″)
- Reach
- 172 cm (5′8″)
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Style
- Muay Femur counter-striker
- Weight
- Bantamweight, Super Bantamweight, Featherweight, Super Featherweight, Lightweight
- Active
- c. 1996–present
- Status
- Active · age 39
The record
Muay Thai per Wikipedia; ONE Championship record 13-5. Now competes as Nong-O Hama.
The story
ong-O Gaiyanghadao, born Apichet Kotanon in Sakon Nakhon, had already won four Lumpinee Stadium titles, a Rajadamnern belt and the 2005 Sports Writers Fighter of the Year award before he joined ONE Championship in 2018. There he became the first ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world champion and defended the belt seven times, knocking out opponents with right crosses and chopping Liam Harrison down with leg kicks inside a round in 2022. His reign ended with a first-round knockout by Jonathan Haggerty in April 2023. Now fighting as Nong-O Hama at flyweight, he was ranked third in ONE's flyweight Muay Thai division in September 2026, with a long-awaited meeting with Rodtang booked for November.
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- ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world champion (2019–2023, 7 defenses)
- Lumpinee Stadium champion at 122 lb (2006), 126 lb (2007), 130 lb (2009, 3 defenses) and 135 lb (2013)
- Rajadamnern Stadium lightweight (135 lb) champion (2014)
- Sports Writers Association of Thailand Fighter of the Year (2005)
- Sports Authority of Thailand Fighter of the Year (2005, 2010)
- Lumpinee Stadium Fighter of the Year (2005, 2010)
Defining fights
- 2019WINvs Saemapetch Fairtex (KO 4, right cross, ONE Championship)
- 2020WINvs Rodlek P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym (KO 3, right cross, ONE Championship)
- 2022WINvs Liam Harrison (TKO 1, leg kicks, ONE title defense)
- 2023WINvs Alaverdi Ramazanov (KO 3, body punch, ONE title defense)
- 2023LOSSvs Jonathan Haggerty (KO 1, lost ONE bantamweight Muay Thai title)
Treat the low kick as a finisher: kick the same thigh again and again, setting it up with the jab, until the opponent's stance and movement break down.
