At ONE Battle Evening 15, Jonathan Di Bella confirmed his class in defending his ONE strawweight kickboxing world championship for the primary time.
Defeating Danial Williams on the scorecards, the champ has demonstrated his talent and preventing spirit in each of his appearances contained in the circle.
Having been inactive since his debut, the place he received the vacant title title, the Canadian-Italian needed to put a variety of work into his coaching camp to make sure that he could be again in prime kind for October 6.
Throughout his preparations for the primary protection of his title, Di Bella crossed paths with one of many world’s greatest, who joined the ONE Championship roster this 12 months and is ready for an opportunity to get his promotional tenure off to a bang.
By his profession in Ok-1, Takeru Segawa has introduced himself as an elite kickboxing competitor who has develop into an enormous star in his native Japan.
Whereas his debut contained in the circle is but to be introduced, followers can’t wait to see the potential dream matchups that might be on the desk for his time below the ONE Championship banner.
Forward of his contest with Williams, Di Bella spent a while within the gymnasium with Takeru and took away some key impressions of the famous person.
Throughout his press convention after the occasion, the champ spoke concerning the coaching they did in Santa Monica and the way gentle sparring was not an relevant idea to the Japanese striker:
“Yeah, he is very cool. We did like a lightweight sparring. We nonetheless landed some pictures. With Takeru, gentle sparring doesn’t exist, and we nonetheless landed some pictures, and yeah he is very fast, he is good. He is excellent.”
Watch the complete press convention under:
Whereas Jonathan Di Bella could also be a good distance off from engaging in the legacy that Takeru’s identify has, he continued his spectacular run within the promotion by beating Williams in some style.
ONE Battle Evening 15 is offered to look at again in full totally free by way of the occasion replay on Amazon Prime Video for North American viewers with an energetic subscription.
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