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ONE Championship: Suablack wants more after wife invested her life savings in his career

  • Suablack has won six fights out of six and has been rewarded with a spot on one of the promotion’s marquee cards

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Suablack Tor Pran49 has won six fights out of six for ONE Championship.

Suablack Tor Pran49 looking to continue justifying his wife’s investment in his career as he prepares for to face with Kiamran Nabati at Lumpinee Stadium.

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Suablack has won six fights out of six for ONE Championship and has been rewarded with a spot on one of the promotion’s marquee cards.

But he would never have got the chance had his wife not invested her life savings to allow him to train and compete full time.

The Thai fighter has won US$40,000 (HK$390,000) in performance bonuses alone during the past year, in addition to his regular fight purses which are not disclosed and used that money to increase the quality of his training and diet.

“After competing with ONE for a while I have had a chance to earn more money and get better food, better nutrition.” he told the Post. “That makes me stronger, which has made me more successful.”

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This is his second consecutive fight against Russian opposition for Suablack, having beaten Vladimir Kuzmin on points at ONE Fight Night 21, and he is preparing by sparring with two time K-1 Max winner Buakaw Banchamek, who has fought Russian fighters on seven occasions.

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