Fritz “Kid Tornado” Biagtan left nothing to chance as he pulled off a scintillating first round technical knockout win over Deepak Bhardwaj at ONE Friday Fights 38 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

The 28-year-old was ruthless with his right knee strike that landed straight to the Indian’s liver before following it up with a brutal right hook that sent Bhardwaj’s mouthpiece flying and forced the hand of referee Muhammad Sulaiman to wave the fight off at the 1:13 mark of round one.

“I needed to finish him in the first round,” the Filipino flyweight out of T-Rex MMA said of his mentality in this fight. “I overcommitted and that’s why I was taken down, but I still managed to get up and get the finish.”

Biagtan’s superb win earned him a THB 350,000 (est. PHP 550,000) bonus, while remaining undefeated in two fights at The Home of Martial Arts.

Meanwhile, Mark “Tyson” Abelardo pulled off an amazing comeback and scored a shocking second round technical knockout win over Georgy “Tiger” Shahruramazanov.

The Fil-Kiwi connected with a superb left hook to the Russian’s jaw and followed it up with a barrage of punches to end the fight at the 4:43 mark of round two.

“I’m just at a loss for words. I just had to believe in myself. I was dropped twice but I just believed in myself and my teammates told me to weather the storm and that’s what I did,” he said.

Abelardo survived two huge spinning back kicks and refused to give up while being in an inopportune position as Shahruramazanov desperately tried to grapple his way to a win.

This gutsy performance allowed the Fairtex Gym bet to earn back-to-back victories after his triumph over Taron Grigorian at ONE Friday Fights 15 last May.