Thanh Le believes his efficiency at ONE Combat Night time 15 would be the greatest efficiency of his combined martial arts profession.
The previous ONE world champion will look to as soon as once more strap gold round his waist as he meets Russian knockout artist Ilya Freymanov for the interim ONE featherweight MMA world championship. The winner won’t solely go away with 26 kilos of gold, however they can even safe themselves as the subsequent man in line to problem the present undisputed featherweight MMA king, Tang Kai.
Talking with the South China Morning Put up forward of his return to the principle occasion highlight, Thanh Le instructed that his efficiency at ONE Combat Night time 15 would be the better of his profession.
“For this battle, I’m going on the market to carry out at my greatest, the perfect I’ve ever carried out. Whether or not it seems to be the perfect or whether or not it is a quick knockout or a five-round warfare, I do not care. What I do not need to see is one other choice. That is not taking place once more and what I see is my greatest efficiency so far.”
Watch the complete interview beneath:
With the bout emanating from the legendary Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thanh Le and Ilya Freymanov will meet within the ring as a substitute of within the circle. Requested about competing within the variations between preventing in a hoop versus in a cage, Le stated:
“It is good as a result of the cage wall may be very totally different than ropes that permit free motion behind the opponent. So there are some things that we’d have recreation plans for.”
Will Thanh Le rating his 14th profession end this Friday night time, or will Ilya Freymanov proceed his meteoric stand up the featherweight rankings and declare his first ONE world title?
Amazon Prime Video subscribers in North America can catch all of the motion at ONE Combat Night time 15: Le vs. Freymanov on Prime Video stay and without cost in U.S. primetime on October 6.