Shadow Singha Mawynn was the star of the show at ONE Championship's final event of 2024 where he closed out the year inside the iconic Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
The rising star has been one of the promotion's biggest success stories in 2024 after suffering some adversity early on.
After losing on his debut back in February, he has bounced back with four consecutive wins to show that he is one of the top strikers around today.
This past Friday, he clashed with an opponent who knows a thing or two about being at the very top.
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Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong would prove to be a difficult test for the 24-year-old but it was one that he overcame while showing just how high his ceiling is.
Despite getting his hand raised via the scorecards, he did not secure a ONE contract following his winning streak on the ONE Friday Fights series.
Shadow spoke after the fight about how he will use this as motivation to keep improving until he can join the main roster as a superstar striker:
"My goal is to improve myself, and also to get the contract of ONE Championship."
Shadow has already shown his ability to level up
His debut loss against Mamuka Usubyan raised some major red flags right at the start of the ONE Championship career of Shadow.
However, since then, all of those doubts have been put behind him following the impressive performances that he has strung together.
His wins over the likes of Jimmy Vienot and Mohammad Siasarani were impressive, but beating Sitthichai takes his stock to a whole new level.
The Thai upstart looked good in the fight as well but it wasn't enough to halt the momentum of the surging contender.
With the form that he's in right now, there's no denying that a contract will be just around the corner for him.