ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Champion Jonathan Di Bella gives master class boxing in the first title defense of his gold belt at ONE Fight Night 15: The vs. Freymanov in prime time in the United States on Friday evening, October 6 or Saturday morning, October 7, Asian time.
Di Bella attacked powerful fighter “Mini T” Danial Williams for five full rounds to score a unanimous decision and defend his gold belt in the co-main event at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.
The undefeated Italian-Canadian striker set the tone of the match from the start by ramming “Mini T” into the ropes and flooring him with a vicious head kick. However, his punches were the best highlight of this fight, which showed in the later rounds.
On the other hand, Williams started the second stanza aggressively, but she had no answer to her boss’ boxing technique.
Cut And right Di Bella’s sharp southpaws struck their target again and again, repeatedly shaking the Thai Australian as he dodged with impressive head movements.
If there was one area Williams was successful in, it was her low kicks, as the 30-year-old continued to hit her opponent on the front leg in the third round. However, Di Bella threw it away hook short to the right, as well as the end of the strong stanza with several other combinations.
Before the championship rounds, Williams needed something big to turn the tide, although Di Bella started aggressively and caught the challenger with a short right hook.
Williams once again targeted the world champion’s legs, but if the impact was clearly visible, it did not slow down the Montrealer’s progress.
In the final chant, “Mini T” attempted to lure his rival into a fierce attack battle, but Di Bella was disciplined enough to persist. Game planand break the opponent’s attacks one by one with more cut, right lightning, and hook hard.
After 25 minutes of action, it was clear that the fight belonged to Di Bella, who remained atop his throne and took his professional kickboxing record to 12-0.
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