Former two-division ONE world champion Martin Nguyen actually needed to get the win in his final combat and did it by being as deliberate as he could possibly be.

‘The Situ-Asian’ topped Brazilian Leonardo Casotti by unanimous choice of their featherweight showdown at ONE Struggle Night time 7 on Prime Video on February 24 in Bangkok. The victory despatched the previous featherweight and light-weight world champion again to the win column.

Martin Nguyen took a extra affected person method in opposition to Casotti, choosing his spots and capitalizing on each alternative he obtained for his vaunted counters to a lot success. Casotti had his moments within the combat, however the Vietnamese-Australian fighter made certain it didn’t get out of hand and that he was forward of issues all the best way to the top.

In an interview with SCMP MMA post-fight, Martin Nguyen shared what went down within the combat:

“He was kicking me again as properly, so I didn’t wanna danger an excessive amount of. I knew I used to be forward on the rounds and I didn’t wanna fall in a silly place and get kneed and [change] the tides of the combat. So I type of waited for that excellent second and I attempted to complete it. However robust man, man, robust man.”

Watch the interview under:

For his newest combat, Martin Nguyen made it a degree to get the coaching that he wanted, selecting to carry his coaching camp at Kill Cliff FC in Florida, U.S.A., away from household again in Australia.

Whereas he took the loss, Casotti nonetheless made a superb account of himself, gamely competing regardless of taking the combat on brief discover. He was the third opponent for ‘The Situ-Asian’ after unique foe Shamil Gasanov of Russia and preliminary substitute Razhab Shaydullaev of Krygyzstan pulled out.

Martin Nguyen says featherweight is ripe for the taking and anybody can get it

Former ONE featherweight world champion Martin Nguyen needs to get again to the highest of the division and sees the sector huge open.

Talking on media day for his most up-to-date combat at ONE Struggle Night time 7 on Prime Video in Bangkok final week, ‘The Situ-Asian’ shared his tackle the panorama in his weight class, which at present has China’s Tang Kai as champion.

Martin Nguyen stated:

“Yeah, it is stuffed with champions. That does not look good as a result of who’s his subsequent contender? It was meant to be me if I had received my final bout. Clearly, I have never now. I feel Ilya Freymanov is looking out Thanh Le. Thanh needs a rematch. Garry needs a title shot in opposition to Tang Kai. Garry simply received his final bout in opposition to a non-contender. So this division’s all over in relation to title challenges for the belt.”

Martin Nguyen is at present the No. 4-ranked fighter within the division, behind ONE featherweight world champion Tang Kai, Vietnamese-American Thanh Le (No. 1), Garry Tonon of the USA (No. 2), and Russia’s Ilya Freymanov (No. 3). Shamil Gasanov of Russia completes the highest 5.

‘The Situ-Asian’ is without doubt one of the longest tenured fighters in ONE, having been a part of the promotion since 2014. He as soon as concurrently held the featherweight and light-weight world titles.