Former two-division ONE world champion Martin Nguyen actually wished to get the win in his final struggle and did it by being as deliberate as he could possibly be.
‘The Situ-Asian’ topped Brazilian Leonardo Casotti by unanimous choice of their featherweight showdown at ONE Struggle Night time 7 on Prime Video on February 24 in Bangkok. The victory despatched the previous featherweight and light-weight world champion again to the win column.
Martin Nguyen took a extra affected person method towards Casotti, choosing his spots and capitalizing on each alternative he obtained for his vaunted counters to a lot success. Casotti had his moments within the struggle, however the Vietnamese-Australian fighter made certain it didn’t get out of hand and that he was forward of issues all the best way to the tip.
In an interview with SCMP MMA post-fight, Martin Nguyen shared what went down within the struggle:
“He was kicking me again as nicely, so I didn’t wanna danger an excessive amount of. I knew I used to be forward on the rounds and I didn’t wanna fall in a silly place and get kneed and [change] the tides of the struggle. So I type of waited for that good second and I attempted to complete it. However robust man, man, robust man.”
Watch the interview under:
For his newest struggle, Martin Nguyen made it some extent to get the coaching that he wanted, selecting to carry his coaching camp at Kill Cliff FC in Florida, U.S.A., away from household again in Australia.
Whereas he took the loss, Casotti nonetheless made an excellent account of himself, gamely competing regardless of taking the struggle on brief discover. He was the third opponent for ‘The Situ-Asian’ after authentic foe Shamil Gasanov of Russia and preliminary substitute Razhab Shaydullaev of Krygyzstan pulled out.
Martin Nguyen says featherweight is ripe for the taking and anybody can get it
Former ONE featherweight world champion Martin Nguyen desires to get again to the highest of the division and sees the sphere extensive open.
Talking on media day for his most up-to-date struggle at ONE Struggle Night time 7 on Prime Video in Bangkok final week, ‘The Situ-Asian’ shared his tackle the panorama in his weight class, which at present has China’s Tang Kai as champion.
Martin Nguyen mentioned:
“Yeah, it is filled with champions. That does not look good as a result of who’s his subsequent contender? It was meant to be me if I had gained my final bout. Clearly, I have never now. I believe Ilya Freymanov is asking out Thanh Le. Thanh desires a rematch. Garry desires a title shot towards Tang Kai. Garry simply gained his final bout towards a non-contender. So this division’s all over with regards to title challenges for the belt.”
Martin Nguyen is at present the No. 4-ranked fighter within the division, behind ONE featherweight world champion Tang Kai, Vietnamese-American Thanh Le (No. 1), Garry Tonon of the USA (No. 2), and Russia’s Ilya Freymanov (No. 3). Shamil Gasanov of Russia completes the highest 5.
‘The Situ-Asian’ is among the longest tenured fighters in ONE, having been a part of the promotion since 2014. He as soon as concurrently held the featherweight and light-weight world titles.
