ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world champion Nabil Anane switched to the featherweight kickboxing lane in his last match and impressed, providing thrilling highlights on his way to a convincing decision victory.The towering Algerian-Thai fighter took on ONE newcomer Hiromi Wajima in a featherweight joust at ONE 173: Superbon vs. Noiri on Nov. 16. It was part of the marquee event that took place at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.Despite fighting in a new weight class, Anane hardly skipped a bit. Making full use of his size advantage, the 6'4" sensation made it tough for 'The Purple Comet' to take his game to full flight with telling kicks and solid punches.Wajima tried hard to pick it up as the fight wore on but Nabil Anane would have none of that, limiting any progress that Wajima was able to make to book the impressive win.ONE Championship revisited the thrilling contest with highlights on Instagram for fans to savor and enjoy. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostNabil Anane’s fight at ONE 173 was originally against Jonathan Haggerty for the Brit's bantamweight Muay Thai world title. But ‘The General’ injured his shoulder in training, forcing him to pull out from the title clash. In came Wajima as a short-notice replacement with the match reconfigured as a featherweight kickboxing match.ONE 173 was the second straight kickboxing fight for Anane after spending his previous seven matches in Muay Thai. He competed against Ilias Ennahachi in a bantamweight kickboxing match back in September but it was ruled a no-contest after the Moroccan-Dutch fighter was unable to continue after getting hit by an accidental low blow in the third round.The full replay of ONE 173: Superbon vs. Noiri is available on-demand on live.onefc.com.Nabil Anane happy to have emerged victorious in featherweight kickboxing debutNabil Anane was happy and relieved that he got the job done in his featherweight kickboxing debut at ONE 173.He opened up about it in a post-fight interview with combat sports journalist Nick Atkin, sharing that while it was far from a perfect game from him against Hiromi Wajima, he was still proud to have booked the win.Nabil Anane said:"[I am] Feeling good, man. I don't know if it was a good performance. Okay. So it went to a decision. So yeah, it was a good thing and I won. Just happy, man." Competing at featherweight apart from his traditional lane of bantamweight is part of Anane's push for multi-division success in ONE Championship.