Superlek Kiatmoo9 was already in a battle earlier than he stepped between the ropes for his Saitama tremendous struggle towards Nabil Anane.
In an interview with Yokkao, Superlek admitted that he was within the doldrums after he was stripped of the ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world title forward of ONE 172 in March at Saitama Tremendous Area.
Throughout the card’s official weigh-ins, Superlek stepped in at 146.25 kilos, lacking the division’s restrict of 145 kilos, and was subsequently stripped of his world title.
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“Shedding the belt on the dimensions had a big effect on my mindset going into the struggle. So I stepped into the ring in a extremely unhealthy psychological state on high of the bodily stress,” he stated.
Superlek, who nonetheless holds the ONE flyweight kickboxing world title, was visibly out of kinds throughout his rematch towards Anane, with many observers speculating that he wasn’t at his greatest through the contest.
British legend Liam Harrison was a type of who instantly seen Superlek’s situation and prompt that ‘The Kicking Machine’ ought to rent a nutritionist for future camps.
Superlek has already overwhelmed Anane in ONE Championship when he knocked out the 6-foot-4 phenom in June 2023 through first-round knockout of their flyweight Muay Thai matchup.
That aggression, nevertheless, was lacking when Superlek and Anane ran it again in ONE Championship’s return to Japan.
Anane was an unstoppable pressure through the rematch and scored an enormous knockdown within the first spherical when he tagged Superlek within the first spherical.
Superlek by no means discovered his rhythm through the matchup, and Anane ultimately secured the dominant unanimous determination win.
Superlek says he operated at 50% in his loss to Nabil Anane in Japan
Superlek Kiatmoo9 knew he wasn’t at his greatest when he misplaced to Nabil Anane in one of many yr’s greatest occasions.
In the identical interview with Yokkao, Superlek admitted that he struggled with himself throughout his matchup towards the 6-foot-4 phenom at ONE 172.
“I went into this struggle not at my full potential. Sadly, I wasn’t 100% both bodily or mentally. If I needed to give a quantity, I would say I stepped into the ring at about 50 %,” he stated.
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