The 23-year-old Thai striker earned a $100,000 contract with ONE Championship after knocking out Alexey Balyko at A Friday Fights 137 on December 19 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. The head kick in the first round didn’t just make Balyko’s lights go out. It erased the only loss on Yod-IQ’s ONE record and capped an 11-1 run in the promotion’s weekly series.
The PK Saenchai Muaythaigym product arrived at ONE Friday Fights in March 2023 with 115 professional wins. But references guarantee nothing. He had to prove himself against the promotion’s featherweights month after month. He did exactly that.
Yod-IQ opened its campaign with a knockout of Belgian striker Samuel Bielen. Three months later he defeated Uzbek veteran Mavlud Tifiyev by unanimous decision. The wins continued to pile up until Balyko caught him with a left hook in September 2023, sending him crashing to the canvas. That loss hurt. But the Thai phenomenon refused to let one bad night define three years of work.
Yod-IQ Pimolsri built momentum through elite competition
The answer came quickly. Yod-IQ Pimolsri came back two months later with a split decision over Ilyas Musaev. He then worked his way through the bantamweight Muay Thai ranks, putting himself in position for the contract.
In January 2024, he defeated eight-time world champion Rafi Bohic twice with body shots. The decorated French veteran could not handle the power of the Thai striker. Yod-IQ finished Tifiyev six months later in their rematch with a knockout that showed his growth. He defeated the dangerous Russian Abdulla Dayakaev by unanimous decision in October, handing him his first promotional loss.
The wins over Bohic and Dayakaev meant something special. Yod-IQ became the only fighter in ONE Championship to defeat both men. That performance separated him from everyone else chasing contracts.
He ended 2024 by beating Kirill Khomutov. He then dominated Petru Morari and grizzled veteran Brice Delval in 2025. Italian powerhouse Alessio Malatesta couldn’t stop the momentum either. Eight straight wins put Yod-IQ exactly where he needed to be.
The rematch with Balyko meant everything. Yod-IQ moved up to featherweight specifically to avenge his only defeat. The perfect head kick landed flat. Balyko collapsed. The contract was his.
Yod-IQ Pimolsri now has an 11-1 ONE Championship record and 126 career wins on the main roster with nine straight victories behind him.
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