Nico ‘King of the North’ Carrillo is on the cusp of a history-making performance, as he steps inside the ONE Championship ring this Friday night on the brink of winning the coveted ONE world title.
The fiery Scotsman is getting ready to throw leather with fierce Thai fighter Shadow Singha Mawynn for the ONE interim featherweight Muay Thai gold at ONE Fight Night 40: Buntan vs. Hemetsberger II on Prime Video in Bangkok.
The 27-year-old has seen the highs and lows of the world’s largest martial arts organization. However, a victory in his next fight would cement his spot as the best in the world in his weight class.
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‘King of the North’ had a message for his fans, which he relayed to ONE Championship:
“The fans can expect me, the ‘King of the North’ to get his hand raised. And for the beautiful little story I talked about to be completed — and then a new story begins after that.”
ONE Fight Night 40: Buntan vs. Hemetsberger II on Prime Video will go down live in U.S. primetime on Friday, February 13, from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. North American fans can watch the event live on Amazon Prime.
Nico Carrillo employs smarter training camp for Shadow
Nico ‘King of the North’ Carrillo can’t wait to showcase a more measured approach in his upcoming interim featherweight Muay Thai world title fight with Shadow Singha Mawynn at ONE Fight Night 40: Buntan vs. Hemetsberger II on Prime Video on Friday night.
He told ONE Championship that he’s spent more time working on his defense and a sound strategy, particularly for this very important matchup:
“I would say I’m training smarter. I always train hard, in every camp. However, some camps I ran myself into the ground. Some camps I perhaps neglected certain parts of training, like having full days just working on defense, because my mindset is always go, go, go. Always need to push myself to extremes.”
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Edited by Saiyed Adeem Karim
