Zhang vs Gabriel

Who won Zhang vs Gabriel?

Lucas Gabriel beat Lipeng Zhang by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE Fight Night 31, on Friday 2nd May 2025 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lucas Gabriel.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Zhang vs Gabriel stats

Lipeng Zhang stepped into the octagon with a record of 35 wins, 13 losses and 2 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 13 by submission.

Lucas Gabriel made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Lipeng Zhang's 6th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Lucas Gabriel will be making their debut in the One Championship.

Lipeng Zhang's One Championship record stood at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Zhang had a slight advantage in power over Gabriel, with a 40% knock out percentage over Gabriel's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gabriel had an advantage over Zhang, with a 50% submission rate over Zhang's 37%.

Lipeng Zhang was the older man by 35 years, at 35 years old.

Zhang had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gabriel.

Zhang was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 43 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 9 years and 1 month earlier than Gabriel, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 80 more professional rounds, 90 to Gabriel's 10.

Zhang vs Gabriel form

Zhang had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Hiroyuki Tetsuka at ONE Fight Night 28 on 7th February 2025 by knockout in the 1st round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had lost to Maurice Abevi at ONE Fight Night 22 on 3rd May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Timofey Nastyukhin at ONE Fight Night 15 on 6th October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok.

Before that, he had defeated Ruslan Emilbek at ONE Championship – Only the Brave on 28th January 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He was victorious against Eduard Folayang at ONE Championship – Battleground 2 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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Zhang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What time did Zhang vs Gabriel start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:10 AM UTC , which was 8:10 PM EST or 5:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Zhang vs Gabriel?

Lipeng Zhang was a 13/8 (+160) underdog going into the contest, while Lucas Gabriel made his way into the ring at 4/9 (-230) with oddsmakers.