In 2019, Meng Bo, known as China's "first MMA queen", signed for the ONE Championship, and she quickly ranked among the top five in the atomic weight world with 3 wins and 2 KO wins, and the discussion about whether she could take down the active champion Li Shengzhu (Angela Lee) has become increasingly hot. Subsequently, Meng Bo entered the World Eight-Man squad without suspense and also became a big favorite to win the championship.
But the turning point came in the quarter-finals of the eight-a-side tournament, when Meng Bo was reversed by his opponent's strong hug and ground suppression in the second and third rounds after hitting Ritu Phogat in the first leg. This game also exposed Meng Bo's shortcomings in his ability to prevent falls and fight on the ground.
However, after all, Rito is the prototype character of the famous Indian movie "Wrestling, Daddy" and also a national treasure of India, and it is reasonable that he cannot prevent Rito's wrestling method. But the subsequent game once again revealed Meng Bo's technical shortcomings. In January of this year, Meng Bo was promoted to grassweight for the first time, playing against the number one Tiffany Teo.
In this match, Meng Bo once again showed his almost unmatched heavy punches, and successively hit the number one player to the point of stumbling. But in the second round, Zhang Huiwen changed tactics to drag Meng Bo to the ground, and then lowered him naked. Another headwind reversal undoubtedly brought great regret to Meng Bo, which may also make her and her team understand that it is necessary to strengthen training for shortcomings as soon as possible.
Recently, the news that Meng Bo went to the JW team in the United States for training came out, and there is no doubt that the focus of her training in the United States is to strengthen her wrestling and wrestling skills. JW team, whose full name is Jackson-Wink MMA, was named the world's best mixed martial arts team of the year, and there are currently many world-class women training in the team. These include former UFC champion Holly Holm, who knocked mima combat women's superstar Ronda Rousey off the altar, and Michelle Waterson, the "hot hand" spice girl. In addition, another Chinese female player, Wu Yanan, is also preparing for the game here.
Meng Bo, who suffered successive defeats, did not choose to retreat, but actively looked for ways to improve himself, and this trip to the JW team was very important and timely for Meng Bo. And the two games lost in the first half of Mumbo's absolute advantage, which also shows that she is strong enough to deal with any opponent at the standing level. She doesn't need to be a master fighter, but improving the success rate of anti-fall and the ability to defend on the ground is enough to get a qualitative improvement.
In this regard, Stamp Fairtex, the overall champion of the Atomic Weight World Eight, is the best example. As a former world champion in kickboxing and Muay Thai, she "halfway out of the house" with her bad anti-fall and jiu-jitsu skills, and successfully crowned the champion in the finals. With such a successful precedent, I believe that Meng Bo will certainly be able to successfully transform. At present, Mumbo's next game has not yet been determined, and we also look forward to her early return in version 2.0.