ONE Championship: Rodtang out of Fight Night 8 main event, Superlek gets new opponent
- Superlek now set to defend his flyweight kickboxing title against Danial Williams at Singapore Indoor Stadium on Saturday
- ‘Iron Man’ Rodtang withdraws from highly-anticipated fight with injury, but Superlek says their clash is still ‘inevitable’
The long wait to see Rodtang Jitmuangnon finally fight Superlek Kiatmoo9 will sadly go on a little longer.
“The Iron Man” has withdrawn injured from Saturday morning’s ONE Fight Night 8 main event in Singapore, which is set to be broadcast live on Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service in the US.
ONE Championship flyweight kickboxing king Superlek will now defend his title against Danial Williams at Singapore Indoor Stadium, in what is the biggest opportunity of the Australian’s career.
Officials did not specify on the injury sustained by ONE’s flyweight Muay Thai champ Rodtang, who celebrated his marriage to Aida Looksaikongdin in a second ceremony in Bangkok over the weekend.
Superlek told the Post on Wednesday morning he found out about Rodtang’s injury on Monday, but insisted it is “inevitable” to two Thai superstars will still eventually meet in the ONE Circle.
“I am disappointed that this fight is not happening, but I also understand injuries can happen,” 27-year-old Superlek said. “It happened to me too before, but it was also the fight everyone was looking forward to, so I’m a little bit sad about it.
“We are both in the same weight division. I’m the champion of kickboxing, Rodtang is champion of Muay Thai, so I think in the near future we will have to face each other.