Defeating Martin Nguyen in the encounter at One: Revolution last week, Kim Jae Woong was very excited for her next match. With Kim, it will be Thanh Le – the defending champion of the current Featherweight class.
“Right now, the only enemy I imagined in my head was the champion of Thanh Le,” Kim Jae Woong said while talking to One Championship.
“I know Thanh Le will face Garry Tonon in December – temporarily, I can not guess what will happen in that match.
Of course, the final decision whether Kim Jae Woong is sure or not depends on the opinion of the champion and the arrangement of ONE Championship, but Kim is very sure that in the current Featherweight weight class, he is the most worthy person for the battle.
“I believe in my position,” Kim Jae Woong said.
“Remember, Martin Nguyen, with his successes, deserved to be a legend. He held many records of One Championship, who was also a champion of two weight classes. And to tell the truth, no one has defeated Martin Nguyen like me? Therefore, I believe I deserve to have a belt painting without having to compete with anyone else.”
Recalling the match with Martin Nguyen, Kim Jae Woong once again asserted that he had practiced very carefully to “catch” the former Vietnamese champion.
“Forging reflexes takes up a lot of time during my training. As long as Martin Nguyen turned his left shoulder, my body would automatically reflect to hit the counterpart immediately,” Kim Jae Woong said.
“And in the match, it was exactly what happened. I saw Martin's shoulder began to rotate, I immediately punched the attack. There was no trap or Knockout plan – simply I trained to automatically counter that Martin's punch.”
“Then when Martin fell, I knew that I would have to end the match. That's all.”