As one of the most watched matches of the year, the "10th Anniversary Match" of the ONE Championship is about to start, in the luxurious matchup, the mixed rule duel between "Hercules" Dimitris Johnson and "Iron Man" Rotang is bound to be the most concerned competition by boxing fans around the world.
The Muay Thai vs MMA matchup has been buzzing since last year, but due to Rotang's sudden infection with covid-19, the match has been postponed so far. Luo Tang, undoubtedly the high-profile king under the rules of one championship Muay Thai, sharp boxing style coupled with eclectic pride, let him gain a lot of popularity on and offstage, coupled with his feud with the Japanese genius boxer Nasugawa Tenshin, once made him a boxing "fragrant food".
Johnson, as the top king who once dominated the octagonal cage fly scale, once renamed the entire magnitude to the "rat scale" of men. In the fly scale of the MMA field, this former overlord definitely has unparalleled charm.
When this game was promoted, many people were still wondering what rules were the best choice to adopt, and the ONE Championship officially told us what is the choice of adults, that is, "I want to". That's right, mixed rules, this tournament will be played in a four-round format, each round is 3 minutes, the first and third rounds are Muay Thai, and the second and fourth rounds are mixed martial arts.
This is the first time such a rule has appeared in the cage, and it is also a bold attempt by the official ONE Championship, both sides are top boxers with high popularity, coupled with the blessing of mixed rules, so that boxing fans are full of expectations for this real cross-border battle.
From the current form, The Hercules is generally optimistic, the reason is very simple, first of all, the rules, although the first round is the dominant round of Luo Tang, but as a former flyweight overlord, who dares to say that the Hercules stand without something? Coupled with the slow heat habit of Muay Thai, the first round seemed to many people more like adapting to the game.
Once the tournament reaches the second leg, will Rotang's ground technique withstand the ravages of hercules? After all, Luo Tang had never shown his jiu-jitsu skills in a competition.
As for the back, many boxing fans did not consider it at all, because in the eyes of most people, the game will end with the hercules surrender in the second round. In addition, there is a factor that Luo Tang is not optimistic, that is, the new crown, Luo Tang has been recovering after being infected with the new crown, no one knows how he recovers, and no one knows whether the sequelae of the new crown will affect his physical fitness.
Of course, there are also many people who are optimistic about Luo Tang, without him, Luo Tang is younger, and is far better than Hercules in terms of objective conditions such as stature, and the rules of Muay Thai at the beginning give him a head start.
Anyway, this exciting straight-jumping game is about to start, and who is stronger, let's see the real chapter on the field.