ONE Championship: Martin Nguyen admits ‘I just need to win’ in high-stakes return at Lights Out
- Vietnamese-Australian Nguyen faces Ukraine’s Kirill Gorobets on Friday in Singapore
- Former featherweight MMA champ will look to rebound from back-to-back KO losses
Martin Nguyen has found himself in an unfamiliar situation.
The former ONE Championship featherweight champion, who once rattled off six consecutive knockout wins in the Asian martial arts promotion’s cage, is riding back-to-back losses for the first time in his career. Both came by way of stoppage.
It’s a place the 33-year-old hoped he would never find himself in, but he’s taking it in his stride.
“Adversity is a part of life,” he said in a pre-fight interview. “You win some, you lose some.”
Nguyen’s recent losses came against Vietnamese-American striker Thanh Le – the man who ended his title reign – and South Korea’s Kim Jae-woong.
The Vietnamese-Australian former champion will have the opportunity to rebound from those losses when he takes on once-beaten Ukrainian newcomer Kirill Gorobets at ONE: Lights Out this Friday in Singapore.