Lito Adiwang believes Jarred Brooks’ subsequent challenger because the strawweight world champion might be determined when a pivotal showdown will get underway at ONE Battle Evening 15 on Friday, October 6.
That night, former divisional king Joshua Pacio takes on Russian celebrity Mansur Malachiev contained in the legendary Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, in a pivotal strawweight assembly between two ranked contenders.
Malachiev, who debuted with a sensational first-round submission over Jeremy Miado, hopes to climb up the rankings and keep his momentum. On the flip facet, ‘The Ardour’ needs to bounce again into the profitable column after dropping his crown to Brooks in his final outing at ONE 164 in December final yr.
With each males keen to present it their all on struggle night time, Lito Adiwang senses that this match may finally pan out to be a world title decider conflict. In fact, the HIIT Studio consultant might be in help of his former stablemate when the motion will get underway subsequent month.
In a post-ONE Friday Fights 34 interview with South China Morning Publish Martial Arts after his win over Adrian Mattheis, the previous Staff Lakay affiliate shared his ideas on this upcoming conflict.
He mentioned:
“Yeah, I actually imagine whoever wins that may get the title shot with Jared Brooks and, I’m nonetheless rooting for my buddy Joshua for this one.”
Watch the total interview beneath:
Whereas he hopes to see Pacio lined in gold confetti with the 26 kilos of gold resting on his shoulder, ‘Thunder Child’ appears to be like to construct off his crushing 23-second end to maneuver up the charts and perhaps get himself a shot on the strawweight MMA crown within the close to future.
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