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‘I don’t feel my age, so don’t tell me,’ says history-making 42-year-old MMA knockout king Alain Ngalani

‘The Panther’ revels in the biggest night of his career and now targets ‘super bout’ with One Championship middleweight champion Aung La Nsang

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Alain ‘The Panther’ Ngalani’s opponent Hideki ‘Shrek’ Sekine lays prone after his devastating knockout. Photo: One Championship
Mathew Scott
The reverberations of Alain “The Panther” Ngalani’s history-making 11-second knockout last weekend are still being felt across the world of mixed martial arts with the Hong Kong heavyweight being offered a “super bout” with the One Championship’s middleweight champion Aung La Nsang.

“It was the quickest knockout I’ve had – and the most memorable,” said 42-year-old Ngalani on Thursday, back home and resuming operations at his Impakt MMA gym in Central.

“The crowd went crazy and it was unbelievable. It was the biggest night I have had in my career.”
Ngalani said superior timing was key to his record-breaking knockout. Photo: One Championship
Ngalani said superior timing was key to his record-breaking knockout. Photo: One Championship
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Not bad work for a man who has been fighting – in one form of combat sports or another – since 1981 and who has now reached an age he readily admits for many seems well past his use-by date.

So how does he maintain the rage?

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Ignore what anyone else says, at all times, says Ngalani.

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