ONE flyweight kickboxing world champ Superlek Kiatmoo9 and flyweight Muay Thai world champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon put together a fight for the ages in Sept. 2023 at ONE Friday Fights 34.
Contested under Muay Thai rules, many expected 'The Iron Man' to come away with the victory due to his granite chin and fire off combos from angles that would have Superlek struggling to land his counter hits.
However, 'The Kicking Machine' responded in a big way with a monstrous combo against the ropes that featured four meteoric knees to the body, a slicing elbow, and another knee to the head that sent Rodtang stumbling late in round two.
Watch the furious combination from Superlek below as posted by ONE on Instagram.
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That moment turned out to be the most important one in the contest as Superlek went all-out in the third round to prevent a Rodtang comeback, ultimately winning their super fight by unanimous decision.
This gave the Kiatmoo9 Gym product his eighth-straight victory, improving his ONE record to 12-1.
Superlek focused on two-sport dominance in September
Fans will see Superlek back inside the Circle at ONE 168: Denver on Sept. 6 in his quest to become a two-sport ONE world champion as he challenges Jonathan Haggerty for his bantamweight Muay Thai world title at Ball Arena.
With an opportunity to join an extremely elite group of ONE athletes to earn the honor, Superlek is putting his blinders on in preparation for the big fight.
Speaking with Sportskeeda MMA, Superlek said:
"It's true that there are so many more athletes way better than me. But now I'm only focused on Haggerty."
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