The fifth-ranked ONE strawweight contender, Danial Williams praised ONE Championship for opening its doorways for Muay Thai fighters on the famed Lumpinee Stadium.
Again in September 2022, CEO and founder Chatri Sityodtong introduced a historic partnership with the Royal Thai Military to carry 52 Muay Thai occasions at Thailand’s Lumpinee Boxing Stadium.
On Friday, January 20, ONE Championship will launch its first weekly occasion, ONE Lumpinee 1, with Nong-O Gaiyanghadao vs. Alaverdi Ramazanov headlining the principle card in Bangkok.
In mild of the upcoming occasion, Danial Williams, a former two-time CMT bantamweight champion at Caged Muay Thai, praised ONE for the progress they’ve made in elevating the game the world over – particularly for its athletes.
Talking to ONE, the Aussie power-striker mentioned:
“There’s not a lot platform for us fighters. There was no massive aim for Muay Thai. ONE began caged Muay Thai fights in small gloves. Now, they’ve bought these weekly exhibits at Lumpinee, and each Muay Thai fighter desires to battle at Lumpinee.”
Danial Williams used to compete in kickboxing and Muay Thai competitions equivalent to Caged Muay Thai, World Muaythai Council, and the World Kickboxing Federation, earlier than he joined ONE Championship again in April 2021.
With solely 32 bouts to his credit score, Williams made his ONE Tremendous Sequence debut in opposition to Muay Thai famous person Rodtang Jitmuangnon at ONE on TNT 1. Regardless of dropping to ‘The Iron Man,’ Williams received numerous followers along with his gritty resolve to win the battle regardless of the percentages.
Williams has since transitioned from Muay Thai to compete in MMA, however he nonetheless plans on being part of the game. In a previous interview, ‘Mini-T’ mentioned he’s planning to battle for the Muay Thai world title beneath the promotion. If he’s fortunate, what could possibly be cooler than preventing in his native nation of Thailand, to battle for his belt?
Danial Williams will battle to the enamel to get again into the world title image
Danial Williams is the kind of fighter that received’t take no for a solution – in sports activities and in life.
Regardless of closing out the yr with a TKO loss to Jeremy Miado again in October, the 29-year-old stalwart is able to get again onto his toes and proceed his trek to strawweight gold.
A part of his new years’ decision is to get as many aggressive fights as he can this yr, to make his dream potential.
Williams instructed ONE:
“That might be an ideal situation, however one other factor is getting the fights to set that up, to remain within the prime 5, and compete in opposition to the very best martial artists within the worldWin, lose, or draw, even the final battle, make it the very best factor to ever occur to you. It’s solely upwards, by no means assume you’re happening from right here. Simply continued progress.”
