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Following three straight fights in the last three months, Nabil Anane said he will take some time off from competition to rest and then come back rejuvenated for his ONE Championship journey.
The 20-year-old Algerian-Thai fighter made this known following his victory over Soe Lin Oo of Myanmar at ONE Friday Fights 81: Superbon vs. Nattawut on Sept. 27 at the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. telling combat sports journalist Nic Atkin:
"After this fight, I want to rest a little bit because I fought three fights straight. I just fought once for the past three months, so after this fight maybe take a little rest, maybe two or three months, and then come back again."
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At ONE Friday Fights 81, 6-foot-3 Nabil Anane made full use of his range in dominating Soe in their three-rounder en route to the convincing win. Previous to that, he knocked out Thai Kulabdam Sor Jor Piel Uthai in July then outgunned Brazilian Felipe Lobo by decision in August.
All in all, Anane has racked up five straight victories since opening his ONE campaign in June last year with a KO loss at the hands of Superlek Kiatmoo9.
Nabil Anane looks to exact revenge on Superlek at some point
Nabil Anane's defeat at the hands of Superlek Kiatmoo9 in his promotional debut in June last year still resonates to him to this day. It is something he is looking to redeem himself from at some point in the future.
The 20-year-old Team Mehdi Zatout representative was knocked out by Superlek, the reigning flyweight kickboxing and bantamweight Muay Thai champion, in his maiden ONE outing.
Having learned from the defeat and building his legs in ONE Championship since, Anane believes that when he takes on 'The Kicking Machine' again he will perform better.
In the same interview with Nic Atkin after his victory at ONE Friday Fights 81, he said:
"Now he's [Superlek] the [bantamweight] champ. Maybe in the future, I will have an opportunity to get my revenge."
Anane is currently the No. 4 bantamweight Muay Thai contender after immediate former divisional king Jonathan Haggerty, Nico Carrillo of Scotland and Nong-O Hama of Thailand.
