“Goat recognizes Goat” - Fans loving Lionel Messi’s heartfelt gift to flyweight Muay Thai king Rodtang

ONE flyweight Muay Thai world champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon recently had one of his childhood dreams come true. It came in the form of a signed jersey from football all-time great and consensus GOAT Lionel Messi.

ONE Championship also reposted the original photo by the ONE flyweight Muay Thai king:

"From one GOAT to another 🤩 @rodtang_jimungnon 🤝 @leomessi"

Fans are loving the instaction between the two all-time greats:

Comments on the post

@ivan_el_colorado had a beautiful insight on both Messi and 'The Iron Man':

"They both fulfilled their dream... in commitment to their sport they reached the top with all the sacrifice, sweat and tears that it entails! deserved that t-shirt for rodtang, from champion to champion"

Fellow ONE athlete and MMA star Bokang 'Little Giant' Masunyane commented on the post as well:

"This is soo cool 🙌🙏"

@_singh6609 said it plain on a separate post by 'The Iron Man':

"Goat recognises Goat🔥"

@equalizondoatomos, a local of Messi's hometown of Rosario, commented on the post as well:

"From 10 to 10! Greetings from Argentina Rosario, the city of Messi @rodtang_jimungnon"

In his most recent outing, 'The Iron Man' took part in one of the greatest fights in Muay Thai history. His bout with Superlek Kiatmoo9 at ONE Friday Fights 34 last month over-delivered on the hype surrounding it.

Superlek, who holds the ONE flyweight kickboxing world title, went on a marvelous war of attrition with the flyweight Muay Thai king and narrowly defeated him via unanimous decision. A rematch is undoubtedly being discussed.

Fans in the United States and Canada can catch all the action of ONE Friday Fights 34 live via replay on the ONE Super App and ONE Championship’s official YouTube channel.