Regian Eersel (born 16 December 1992) is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer currently signed to ONE Championship.
[7] Eersel holds notable victories over Nieky Holzken (2×), Dmitry Menshikov, Sinsamut Klinmee (2×), Arian Sadiković, Mustapha Haida, Jamal Yusupov, Sergej Braun, Brad Riddell, and Jo Nattawut Eersel was born in Paramaribo, Suriname and moved to the Netherlands with his family when he was four years old.
[10] As it was not easy to find competitors in the Netherlands after becoming a professional athlete in his weightclass, he tried his luck abroad.
The fight ended in some controversy, as Njokuani claimed an illegal elbow led to his stoppage loss.
[24] Eersel made his first title defense in an immediate rematch with Holzken at ONE Championship: Dawn Of Valor on October 26, 2019.
[32] Eersel was scheduled to make his fourth ONE lightweight title defense against Arian Sadiković at ONE 156 on April 8, 2022.
[33] Despite suffering an early knockdown, Eersel rallied back to win the following rounds and retain his title by unanimous decision.
[34] Eersel faced Sinsamut Klinmee for the inaugural ONE Muay Thai Lightweight World Championship at ONE on Prime Video 3 on October 21, 2022.
[36] Eersel made his first lightweight Muay Thai title defense in an immediate rematch with Sinsamut Klinmee at ONE Friday Fights 9 on March 17, 2023.
[39] Eersel defend his Muay Thai title against Dmitry Menshikov at ONE Fight Night 11 on June 9, 2023.
[42] Eersel faced Alexis Nicolas at ONE Fight Night 21 on April 6, 2024, he lost his Kickboxing title via unanimous decision.
[43] The rematch between Eersel and Nicolas for the ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Championship took place on October 5, 2024, at ONE Fight Night 25.