ONE Championship: Edgar Tabares says ‘I know I have to knock Rodtang out’ in Muay Thai title fight
- Tabares will challenges Muay Thai juggernaut Rodtang Jitmuangnon for gold at ONE Fight Night 10 on May 5 in Denver, Colorado
- ;I know that he has faced a lot of hard punchers, but he hasn’t fought a Mexican boxer,’ says the 28-year-old debutant
Edgar Tabares knows defeating Rodtang Jitmuangnon will be no easy task, to say the least. But he is adamant he cannot just beat the Thai star, but stop a man who is known for his concrete chin in ONE Championship.
The 28-year-old Mexican will challenge Rodtang for his flyweight Muay Thai belt in the co-main event of ONE Fight Night 10 on May 5 in Denver, Colorado.
The Thai champion will enter the Circle having won all 13 of his Muay Thai and kickboxing bouts with ONE, and the prevailing opinion is that he will win again at Tabares’ expense.
But Tabares believes he can use the champion’s defining attribute – unrelenting aggression – against him.
“Every single fighter who faces him tries the same thing, always,” he said. “I’m going to try his style – the aggressive style he has – I’ll try to do that.”
“I have to knock him out,” Tabares added. “If I can’t knock him out, I must show a very clear win, because he’s the champion. I have to show that I defeated the champion.
