ONE Championship: Martin Nguyen returns to training with Aung La N Sang at Kill Cliff FC
- Nguyen, a former two-division champion, has lost three of his last four fights – all by knockout or TKO
- As he looks to get back to winning ways, he has returned to Kill Cliff FC in South Florida to train alongside friend and fellow former champ
Former two-division ONE Championship title-holder Martin Nguyen is back to training at Kill Cliff FC in South Florida.
The Vietnamese-Australian, 33, announced his return to the Sunshine State on Instagram this week – and hinted at a fight in eight weeks’ time.
“Home sweet home,” he wrote. “Back like I was never away. First day in the books was a success. I can’t wait to see the final product of hard work in 8 weeks time.”
Nguyen (14-6) was first introduced to the world-class training at Kill Cliff FC by fellow former two-division ONE champ Aung La N Sang, with whom he has formed a close friendship over the years. He has stayed with N Sang for most of his visits to Florida.
Despite being one of the most accomplished champions in ONE history, Nguyen has recently fallen on hard times, sandwiching a win over Kirill Gorobets between stoppage losses to Thanh Le, Kim Jae-woong, and Ilya Freymanov – the first of which marked the end of his reign atop the featherweight division.
On the heels of his loss to Freymanov – a first-round knockout – he was encouraged by N Sang to return to Florida, where he has access to higher quality training, and more importantly, world-class training partners.
