Carrillo rematches Anane for the featherweight title

Nico Carrillo rematches Nabil Anane for the ONE featherweight Muay Thai title on Friday, December 18, at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. This is Carrillo’s first defense. The fight is at The Inner Circle 43. It is five rounds, and featherweight is 155 pounds (70 kg).

Anane stopped Carrillo at 2:35 of the first round on January 24, 2025, at ONE 170 at Impact Arena. Three knockdowns won Anane the interim bantamweight title, and Anane was 20.

Carrillo is 28 and 8-1, and that is the full ONE record. He has won four in a row. Carrillo knocked out Zhou Jiaqiang with a right cross at 2:37 of the second round at ONE Fight Night 46 on August 15, and that fight was kickboxing. Carrillo won the interim featherweight title by unanimous decision over Shadow Mavinn on February 13, and the title shot came after Carrillo stopped Luke Lessei by TKO at 2:35 of the second round on November 7, 2025, at ONE Fight Night 37, with six knees and three uppercuts. Carrillo knocked out Sitthichai with a left hook to the body at 2:20 of the second round on April 4, 2025. Tawanchai PK Saenchai vacated the title on July 21 to recover from an injury, and Carrillo was elevated.

Anane is 22 and 9-3-0, with one no contest, and that is the full ONE record. ONE lists him as Algeria and Thailand. Anane beat Yuki Yoza by unanimous decision at ONE Samurai 4 on October 17, and that fight was kickboxing. Rambolek Chor Ajalaboon took the bantamweight title by unanimous decision on March 20, 2026. Anane beat Hiromi Wajima by unanimous decision under kickboxing rules at ONE 173 in November 2025, and he lost a 2-1 split decision to Prajanchai Pongsuphan PK at The Inner Circle 25 in August 2026.

Prajanchai meets Aliff Sor Dechapan for the strawweight Muay Thai unification on this card. The rest of the card is not posted.

Start time

The Inner Circle 43 is listed from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Indochina Time. It streams for members on live.onefc.com.

Indochina Time is seven hours ahead of UTC, and Sydney is on daylight time, eleven hours ahead of UTC.

6:30 p.m. in Bangkok:

• Bangkok: 6:30 p.m.
• London: 11:30 a.m.
• Sydney: 10:30 p.m.

In New York that is 6:30 a.m. Eastern, and in Las Vegas it is 3:30 a.m. Pacific.