On February 11, 2022, the internationally renowned sports IP-ONE Championship will hold the "ONE: Tiger Out of the Mountain" large-scale fighting event. In this tournament, Mongkolpetch Petchyindee Academy and Jonathan Haggerty, two muay thai talented players, are about to face off, and the winner will also take the right to the championship one step further.
Mongo Pepche and Jonathan are called talented Muay Thai boxers because they are both talented and have received the highest honors in a very short time.
Mongopage's earliest professional record was in September 2014, when Mongopage was 19 years old. Many 19-year-old boxers in Thailand have recorded dozens or even hundreds of matches, but even such a fledgling Mongo Page is no weaker than the experienced veterans, who have improved quickly and worked hard enough. During the most intense period of competition, he had to play on stage almost every month. In this way, in just three years, Mongopage won the Lumpini Championship, which symbolizes the highest honor of traditional Muay Thai, and won the Thai 7 championships in the same year, becoming a talented player recognized as the most talented at that time.
In 2019, the 24-year-old Mongopage signed for the ONE Championship and entered the world arena. Soon he had a record of 4 wins, the most recent of which he also defeated the French Muay Thai champion, WBC and WPMF Muay Thai champion Elias Mahmoudi, who is currently ranked fourth in the flyweight Muay Thai and one of the most promising contenders in this category.
Mongo Pepci's opponent Jonathan is also a well-deserved genius, he entered the professional arena at the age of 17 and won 8 consecutive games in one fell swoop, all of which were won by KO opponents, and the fastest match lasted only 20 seconds. Everyone who has seen Jonathan's early game has been amazed by his extraordinary talent and deep confidence.
Soon, Jonathan was crowned is an ISKA and WBC Muay Thai champion with the aura of Muay Thai genius. He also signed for the ONE Championship in 2019, and after entering the cage, Jonathan defeated WBC world champion "Hurricane" Joseph Lasiri in the first battle, and in World War II, he defeated the then ONE world champion Sam Lasiri. Sam-A Gaiyanghadao was the new King of One Championship Flyweight Muay Thai.
Jonathan was only 22 years old and had played only 14 professional games. Such matches are insignificant for a local Thai Boxer who has had hundreds of matches in the movement, which may be why he is called a genius.
But Jonathan, who had a smooth career, suffered his worst defeat in his first title defense, Rodtang Jitmuangnon. In the first meeting, the two fought fiercely for five rounds, and Rotang won by points, taking Jonathan's gold belt. Jonathan was clearly not happy with the result, and a few months later, he launched another assault on the championship as a challenger. But this time, he was defeated by Rodang three consecutive knocks down TKO, and Jonathan had to accept the fact that he had lost the title with hatred. But Jonathan didn't give up, and he beat Japan's Taiki Naito in the next tournament, currently in second place in the flyweight Muay Thai.
Mongopage and Jonathan are rising strong contenders, and the other is the former strongest who lost the title but never lost the heart of the champion. The two talented players became famous at a young age and were also pinned on by countless boxing fans. After this confrontation, only one winner can embark on a higher and farther journey. Who will be the next threat to Rotang? On February 11, "ONE: Tigers Out of the Mountains" will bring us the answer.