Back at the end of 2020, not only Vietnamese audiences, but also many MMA fans were completely shocked when Thanh Le defeated Martin Nguyen with a knock-out in the third half.
Thanh Le, although there were 3 consecutive victories, it was still like an anonymous person while Martin Nguyen once dominated the weight of Featherweight for 4 consecutive years.
“It was a defeat,” Martin said.
“I have to admit that I had a psychological mistake in the match against Thanh Le. Too relaxed my spirit when I first entered the match, too confident that I would find the opportunity to knock-out before the battle of the belt ended, I did not push the pace of the game higher and did not rush to search for the advantage of scoring.”
“So when the match lasted until the third half, under the situation of losing points, I stabbed impatiently, becoming more reckless. And I had to pay for this mistake.”
His mistake will be a big lesson for the next match, Martin said he would “not repeat” that in the match against Kim Jae Woong.
“Compared to the previous training, I focused a little more about Wrestling, Jiu -Jitsu, and physical and endurance exercises. Another problem I need to adjust is psychologically,” Martin said.
“The emotions at that time made me impatient, made mistakes and lost to the pear. It would be something I didn't repeat.”
Martin Nguyen and Kim Jae Woong will compete at the One On TNT 2 event at the coach of Co-Main Event. The match will take place on Thursday on April 15, shown directly on HTV and Youtube channel of One championship.