The representative of the club “Peresvet” Shamil Kobra Gasanov will hold his first fight in the ONE championship against the South Korean athlete Kim Jai Wung. The fight will take place as part of the Lineker vs Andrade card at the Axiata Arena in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
The undefeated Russian has fought eight fights in his professional mixed martial arts career in Russian and Belarusian regional arenas.
“I heard about ONE league, it’s been a dream for a long time to join it since I watched Timofey Nastyukhin and Saigid ‘Dagi’ Arslanaliev fights,” Shamil said. – That’s when I started watching ONE fights, and when I saw the belts of Marat Gafurov and Vitaly Bigdash in real life, I only got more fired up. I never thought how important it is to have a clean criminal record. I never gave up a fighter just to keep the record.
Gasaev is a basic fighter, but in his debut he received a strong striker and the second number in the division, the former title contender – Kim Jai Wung. What can he oppose in terms of combat skills?
He is a good boxer and his legs are very strong. But we haven’t seen him fight a real wrestler so far.
The Korean athlete has a record of 18 wins and 6 losses. In the final fight, Wung (12-5) met defending champion Tang Kai (China) in a qualifying bout for divisional gold. The Chinese fighter stopped Wung in the first round and won the belt. Wung is known as a tough striker ready to trade or take a hit.
Kim plans to teach Gasanov a lesson:
“Although Cobra was champion in his home country and has a perfect track record in MMA, his shortcomings will be felt at the ONE championship level. I think his striking is his weakness, and he covers it with his wrestling. I am a fully fledged MMA fighter. He only fought local guys. ONE is on another level and I plan to show him that he needs to be more balanced to survive here.
Gasanov held a training camp in Thailand, where he trained with Petr Yan’s team. Training was attended by other ONE fighters – Anatoly Malykhin, Timofey Nastyukhin and Ilya Freimanov. He studied his opponent carefully:
Kim is a good drummer. I know not to fight with him from the first round, his boxing is excellent, but I hit with non-standard blows. Also, I am known for my struggle. I can knock him to the ground, strangle him. He must be afraid of my pain and my struggle.
ONE Fight Night 3 will take place on October 22 at 5 a.m. Moscow time at the arena in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. The fights will be broadcast live on the Match! Fighter”
Source : MatchTV
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