“I’m the best in my division” - Regian Eersel explains why he is a difficult matchup for anyone at lightweight

ONE lightweight kickboxing world champion Regian Eersel will go for two-sport gold when he meets Muay Thai standout Sinsamut Klinmee at ONE on Prime Video 3 this Friday night. Emanating from the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the two strikers will battle it out to become the first-ever ONE lightweight Muay Thai world champion.

During the ONE virtual media day faceoffs, ‘The Immortal’ fielded questions from reporters. One asked if Eersel felt he was the best lightweight striker in ONE Championship. Eersel responded:

“I’m the best in my division. I don’t really look at other strikers in the overall aspect.”

Asked what makes him stand above the rest, Regian Eersel believes it all comes down to his unorthodox style of striking mixed with his high fight IQ:

“I think my fight IQ and I think my style. I have a very unorthodox style. I can throw punches, kicks, and knees from any angle. I’m a worker you know. I put pressure a lot. You cannot read my style very well, you don’t know and don’t expect, or even know what’s going to happen. That makes me hard to fight.”

‘The Immortal’ will have the chance to make his case against another dangerous striker in Klinmee who has dispatched his first two ONE Championship opponents with spectacular second-round knockouts.

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Regian Eersel impressed with Sinsamut Klinmee’s ONE Championship run thus far

When Regian Eersel steps back into the Circle at ONE on Prime Video 3, he’ll do so against an elite Muay Thai practitioner with 80 career wins and a long lineage of world champions.

Debuting at ONE Championship’s 10th-anniversary showcase ONE X, Klinmee delivered a standout performance, knocking out Dutch legend Nieky Holzken in the second round of their bout. He followed that up with another second-round knockout against former WBC Muay Thai world champion ‘Lethal’ Liam Nolan.

In an interview with ONE, ‘The Immortal’ shared his thoughts on Klinmee’s impressive run inside the Circle thus far and what he sees as the most dangerous aspects of the Thai fighter's skill set:

“The way he’s fighting, of course. He looks very good, fights very good, his KO power. He knocked out his last two opponents and that was impressive.”