The Muay Thai king came off the bench for the ONE Eight, can Arazov withstand the crazy explosive power?

In the "ONE: Invincible" major fighting event on Friday, January 28, the semi-final of the kickboxing and featherweight eight-man tournament originally planned by Chingiz Allazov and veteran rival Marat Grigorian has been in the spotlight. Previously, Marat and Arazov had met twice. During a battle, Arazov's head was accidentally scratched and bleeding, so he was judged to be fruitless. In the Second World War, Marat was victorious. Both sides are tough boxers, and this three-game battle is widely regarded as the most anticipated match of the entire tournament. However, just before the start of the tournament, the champion Marate unfortunately contracted the new crown virus and had to withdraw from the competition.

After this turn, Arazov's opponents were changed to Lion Fight from Thailand's top team and WMC Muay Thai world champion Jo Nattawut.

Natavut has a strong physique rarely seen in Thai boxers, weighing 77 kilograms a day. Due to the long-term training in the United States, Natavut pays more attention to the strength confrontation training of European and American players, excellent combination of boxing, developed a set of strength-type playing styles, quickly adapted to the European and American rings, and dominated the two levels of Lion Fight. In recent years, Natavut has been absent from the field for a long time due to the epidemic, so he is not one of the top five players in the ONE ranking and is not in the lineup of this year's Kickboxing Featherweight Eight.

But boxing fans who know Natavut's past achievements know that the strength of this long-term development in the United States cannot be underestimated. Not only did he beat "AK47" Samy Sana in points, but he also hit TKO Ukrainian Muay Thai in the first round of the 2019 Featherweight Eights, with sasha Moisa. By then he had won four consecutive games, most likely to hit the title, but sadly, Natavut lost to the current champion "Doctor" Giorgio Petrosyan in the following semi-finals.

This time, as an alternative player, Natavut once again ushered in the opportunity to impact the featherweight eight, however, facing Arazov, who performed the most amazing performance in "ONE: One Strike into the Soul" not long ago, the difficulty of this duel is really not small.

Arazov is the K-1 WGP 70KG Champion and the WAKO Champion in both classes. Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee, Hinata, Dzhabar Askerov, Yasuhiro Kido and other world-class players were defeated by him.

After coming to the ONE Championship, Arazov tasted the bitterness of defeat in his debut. In April 2021's "ONE: Booming", Arazov did not show his best against his former defeated "Hurricane" Enriko Kehl, and the game was lost by a divisive decision.

This match made Arazov realize the strength and cruelty of the ONE Championship, and also made him firm in the heart of continuing to walk in ONE, and in the "ONE: One Hit into the Soul" half a year later, Arazov koed Samy Sana in only 39 seconds, shocking the audience. It also made him a favorite to win the eight-man tournament.

In the semi-finals of the eight-man tournament on 28 January, Arazov's opponents changed from the familiar Marat to the explosive heavy gunner Natavut, and strategically and technically, Arazov has a very high-frequency combination of fist and leg strikes, which is very similar to Marat, they are very good at finding holes in the opponent's opponents in a continuous attack to defeat the enemy with one blow. When a high-explosive heavy gunner encounters a high-frequency terminator, who has a better chance of winning? The answer will be revealed on the day of the competition.

(Source: Official Contribution)

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