Akif Guluzada’s perfect ONE record meets Johan Estupinan’s redemption arc at ONE Fight Night 44 on June 26

Johan Estupinan beat Johan Ghazali. That result put him on the map in a way few promotional debuts have managed. Two losses followed, and now he needs to show June 26 is where his real story starts again.

Estupinan now faces Akif Guluzada in a flyweight kickboxing bout at ONE Fight Night 44: Jarvis vs. Rungrawee II on Prime Video, broadcasting live in U.S. primetime from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday, June 26.

The 20-year-old Azerbaijani from Team Mehdi Zatout and Team Chingiz Allazov carries a perfect 5-0 ONE Championship record into the contest, built on three consecutive finishes in the Friday Fights series and two unanimous decision wins on the main roster over Sean Climaco and Jaosuayai Mor Krungthepthonburi.

His contract-winning third finish was a spinning elbow that put Puengluang Baanramba away and announced him as one of the most technically complete young strikers in the division.

Estupinan, 23, from JCFernandez and Team CSK, carries the distinction of being the first Colombian athlete in ONE Championship history and arrived with five straight wins before back-to-back defeats interrupted what had been one of the more impressive debut runs on the roster.

The twin brother dynamic adds another layer. Jordan Estupinan is also on the ONE roster, and both brothers arrived as part of the same Colombian fighting family story that made them one of the promotion’s most distinctive signings. Johan has not let the losses redefine him. June 26 is his answer.

Akif Guluzada is building a ONE World Title case one undefeated fight at a time

Akif Guluzada does not just want wins. He wants the kind of wins that make the title conversation unavoidable. At 20 years old and 5-0 in ONE Championship, the trajectory is clear.

A dominant performance over an opponent who has beaten Ghazali and gone five fights at the highest level would push that conversation forward faster than any result so far.

Guluzada operates effectively in both orthodox and southpaw stances, which creates problems for opponents who rely on reading a fixed guard. His spinning elbow against Puengluang was not a fluke. It was the product of a system built at Team Mehdi Zatout and sharpened further under Chingiz Allazov’s guidance.