Martin ‘The Situ-Asian’ Nguyen blows away Marat ‘Cobra’ Gafurov to earn sweet revenge at One Championship
Vietnamese-Australian sets his sights on Bibiano ‘The Flash’ Fernandes next after a devastating overhand ends contest against Russian for the world featherweight title in Kuala Lumpur
Revenge for Martin “The Situ-Asian” Nguyen was delivered by the sweetest of overhand rights late on Friday night as the Vietnamese-Australian lay Russian Marat “Cobra” Gafurov to the canvas, and then walked away with the One Championship world featherweight title.
The 28-year-old quickly let everyone gathered inside Kuala Lumpur’s Stadium Negara know he thought his first world title belt was only just the beginning.
Next up, Nguyen was heard declaring, will be a shot at One’s main attraction – world bantamweight champion Bibiano “The Flash” Fernandes of Brazil.
“I just want to dedicate this fight, not only to Malaysia for being so welcoming and having such a beautiful country. This is for my dad. He was my inspiration for the whole camp when I mentally broke,” Nguyen said afterwards. “[He and] the boys kept me together. I’ve got a deadly overhand right, but it’s not my only weapon. Thank you to Marat [Gafurov] for giving me the opportunity.”