ONE Championship: Rodtang shares his happiness after buying house for parents – ‘without Muay Thai I wouldn’t be here’
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Muay Thai icon Rodtang Jitmuangnon is certainly one of the most vicious fighters in ONE Championship. But he showed his softer side this week after revealing he has bought a new home for his parents in their native Thailand.
The 24-year-old is the Asian martial arts promotion’s reigning flyweight Muay Thai champion, and one of the biggest stars in “The Art of Eight Limbs” today.
He has made sure to share the fruits of his success with the people who supported him on his journey to the top – most notably his parents.
“From poor boy, until now I can buy a house for my parents, buy a house for myself and have money to take care of my family,” he wrote in Thai on his personal Facebook page. “I would definitely thank Muay Thai. Without Muay Thai, I wouldn’t be here today.”
Rodtang has never made any secret of his admiration for his parents, and the efforts they made to provide for his family when he was growing up
“My parents did whatever they could to provide for us children,” he told ONE Championship in a 2019 interview. “They would leave in the early hours of the morning, and come home late at night.