Nico Carrillo and Jacob Smith, two of one of the best strikers on the UK battle scene, return to ONE Championship motion on November 8, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
Former title challengers Carrillo and Smith will participate in separate Muay Thai contests at Bangkok’s well-known Lumpinee stadium, dwell on Sky Sports activities within the early hours of the morning on Saturday November 8.
Scotland’s “King of the North” Carrillo will tackle harmful American Luke Lessei in a featherweight Muay Thai bout.
Carrillo excelled in a stellar run of knockouts at bantamweight in ONE Championships, taking out 4 consecutive opponents inside the gap, together with stoppage wins over Muay Thai legends Nong-O Hama and Saemapetch Fairtex.
Towering Nabil Anane caught Carrillo early on, stopping him within the first spherical of their interim bantamweight world title bout in January.
That defeat prompted Carrillo to maneuver up in weight. At featherweight he handed one other Thai legend, Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong, a stoppage loss when he received in spherical two of their battle.
Carrillo, at present world No 4 in ONE Championship’s Muay Thai rankings, will push for a title shot if he can get previous Lessei on November 8.
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Watch highlights of Nico ‘King of the North’ Carrillo spectacular TKO win over Saemapetch Fairtex of their bantamweight Muay Thai conflict.
Birkenhead’s Jacob Smith will battle Nakrob Fairtex in a flyweight Muay Thai collision. Smith has showcased steely dedication all through his ONE Championship profession and has already repeatedly taken on the division’s greatest.
Bosnia’s awkward Denis Puric edged him out final 12 months. Final November Smith challenged for the flyweight world title when he rematched ONE Championship famous person Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon. Though Smith bravely went the five-round division, Rodtang inflicted one other choice loss on the Englishman.
Coming off these two consecutive defeats, Smith will probably be fuelled with a fierce dedication to win in opposition to one other excellent Muay Thai fighter in Nakrob.
Watch Nico Carrillo and Jacob Smith return to motion on November 8, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
