In "ONE X", which commemorates the 10th anniversary of the ONE Championship on March 26, Li Shengzhu, the atomic weight world champion who has left the field for two years, will return to the field to face the women's atomic weight eight champion Staples. It is about the golden belt, and for Li Shengzhu, this battle cannot be lost.
In the past two years, Li Shengzhu's identity has changed from a warrior to a mother, and from the moment she decided to return to the field, she tried to transform back into the "unstoppable" warrior. Li Shengzhu knew that all this was not easy. Former kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion Stamp has made significant progress in the past two years, especially her 2 minutes 14 second cross solid surrender to Rito in the second leg of the women's atomic weight eight final, which shows that she can not only stand and hit.
Li Shengzhu admits that he is now "under a lot of pressure": "For me, this game is very stressful, because it will be a high-profile competition, and it is also the first time I have returned to the field in more than two years. For me, every time I defend my title, there's pressure and boxing fans are expecting me to score with Temp, a match that's been brewing for a long time. As a World Champion in Muay Thai and Kickboxing, Stamp has achieved amazing things in the ring. But it would be unwise to label her merely as a standing boxer. I think she has now grown into a great MMA fighter and over the last few years she's kept improving. ”
ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatry Siyutang believes that Staples will pose a great threat to Lee Seung Joo. Once Li Shengzhu was Xiong Jingnan's fist and leg TKO, and Stamp is an expert in this regard. "In terms of standing strikes, Li Shengzhu still needs a lot of training, and in my opinion, her standing fighting ability is still far from the world's first-class." Stamp is a former Muay Thai and Kickboxing World Champion and her style will get Lee Seung-joo through a tough night."
Before the game, Stamp did not show an aggressive attitude, and even took the initiative to call Li Shengzhu an "idol". "Lee Seung-joo is still my idol. It's an honor to be able to compete with her. So I'm going to come up with the best form and technique to fight my idols. "Although the words are very polite, everyone knows that Stamp will never be merciful in the ring. Some people even think that Stamp lowered his posture because he wanted to "play a pig and eat a tiger".
Stamp also saw Lee's weakness and saw it as an opportunity to win. "I think Li Shengzhu has a weakness, compared to her excellent ground fighting ability, she is not outstanding in standing attacks, which is my advantage, so I have to try to keep the game in standing."
Li Shengzhu turned all the pressure into a driving force for moving forward, and turned every doubt into a weapon to motivate himself to move forward. "People say being a mom makes me weaker, but I'm going to prove them all wrong!" When I'm ready to make a comeback, I'll be more prepared than ever to make sure there's nothing out of the ordinary when I step into the cage. It's a tough job, but I'm ready and I have a lot to prove. ”
Do you think that Li Shengzhu's return to the ring this time can continue to be "unstoppable"? Will Stamp achieve his dream of a "triple crown" of Muay Thai, kickboxing and mixed martial arts?