Key takeaways
BM Fairtex beat Masatoshi Hirai by unanimous decision after three rounds in the main event of ONE Friday Fights 53 at the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. In the co-main event, Huo Xiaolong beat Majid Karimi by knockout at 2:37 of round two at flyweight.
Across the four bouts that produced a result, one ended by knockout, one by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — two stoppages in four fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Nachin Sat, who stopped Tural Askarov at 3:54 of round one, and one of the two finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Huo Xiaolong's knockout of Majid Karimi, 7 minutes and 37 seconds in. End to end, the four fights filled 40 minutes of cage time.
Four weight classes were used, catchweight most often with one bouts.