ONE Championship: Martin Nguyen ‘made the same mistake he did with Thanh Le’, says Chatri Sityodtong
- Kim Jae-woong shocks former featherweight champion with first-round knockout in Singapore
- ONE chairman Chatri thinks Nguyen must quit ‘head hunting’ after second-straight defeat
ONE Championship’s stacked Revolution card was full of shocking finishes, but perhaps none more so than Kim Jae-woong’s first-round knockout of Martin Nguyen.
“The Fighting God” (12-4) caught the former featherweight champ coming in on Friday night, dropping him before delivering some hammer fists to seal the deal early in Singapore.
It was a second straight defeat for the Vietnamese-Australian former double champ (13-5), who surrendered his belt 11 months ago when he was stopped in the third round by Thanh Le.
“I thought Martin made the same mistake he did with Thanh,” ONE chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong told media, including the Post, on a virtual post-fight scrum.
“Martin obviously has massive KO power with that overhand right, but with an overhand right you’re gonna be susceptible to short straight rights. Martin, you could just see he leaned in and overextended, he didn’t set anything up.