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ONE Championship: Demetrious Johnson thinks Rodtang beat Superlek – ‘I’m speechless’
- ONE flyweight MMA champ says Rodtang controlled the distance, ‘pressured Superlek the whole time’, and had most damaging shot in Bangkok
- ‘I love DJ but he’s way off the mark here,’ former ONE bantamweight Muay Thai title challenger Liam Harrison says
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Demetrious Johnson thinks the judges got it wrong in Superlek’s blockbuster ONE Friday Fights 34 victory over Rodtang Jitmuangnon last weekend.
Superlek took a unanimous decision at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, with all three judges awarding him identical scorecards of 29-27 over the flyweight Muay Thai champ – whose title was not on the line after “The Kicking Machine” missed weight.
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But ONE Championship’s flyweight MMA king Johnson – who submitted Rodtang by rear-naked choke in a special mixed rules fight in March 2022 – saw things differently.
“What the flying f***? What? I am speechless. But I’m not a Muay Thai guy. I’m not a Muay Thai specialist. I just specialise in hand-to-hand combat,” the 37-year-old American Johnson said in a reaction video on his YouTube channel, Mighty Gaming.
“I thought Rodtang won the fight. I just saw Rodtang walking him down the whole entire time and bullying Superlek.
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