Ben “Vanilla Thunder” Tynan plans to make a bold statement in his highly anticipated ONE Championship debut.
The 29-year-old Canadian fighter has just a few days until heavyweight MMA action against Kang Ji Won at ONE Fight Night 16: Haggerty vs. Andrade, broadcast live during prime time in the United States on Friday, November 3, or Saturday morning, November 4, Asian time.
When Tynan steps into the iconic ring at Bangkok’s Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, he’ll bring it all threshing and extraordinary expectations. Undefeated as an amateur and professional fighter, the former Division I collegiate wrestler has all the elements to make him a future ONE World Champion.
Now, his journey to the 26-pound gold belt will begin with Kang – a ruthless knockout artist who is 3-1 with ONE Championship so far.
However, despite his opponent’s overwhelming strength, “Vanilla Thunder” said: onefc.com/id that he believes in his own abilities:
“I’m just used to fighting fighters left-handed others, who like striking. I’m pretty confident in my ability to beat the attackers.
In many ways, this fight was a classic striker versus grappler fight.
Tynan knows this and he is eager to use the weapons at his disposal to achieve his first MMA ONE World Rules victory: knees to his opponent’s head on the ground. ground.
He explained:
“For ONE, I definitely worked on more knee strikes ground. I’m really excited about this, because it really helps the wrestlers. This gives me more firepower to use while I’m at it [posisi] I stood up, I acted, I drowned and I beat them.
The Elevation Fight Team representative studied Kang and was quick to congratulate him. footwork clever and striking his opponent’s technique.
However, as dangerous as the South Korean fighter is, Tynan has no doubt that he will leave Bangkok with a victory:
“He has hook which is awesome. He’s good in the strike zone, he returns hits, which is pretty cool.
“He’s also very light on his feet, which is rarer for a heavyweight fighter. Many of these strong strikers generally have very bad feet. He looks like he can move around quite easily.
“He looks strong. And I admitted it to him. But yeah, like I said, I’m confident I can beat the attackers.
Tynan wants first round finish and appearance bonus
Ben Tynan has a 100% win rate in his four professional MMA fights, including three in the first round. He plans to maintain these stats when he fights Kang Ji Won at ONE Fight Night 16.
Coincidentally, his South Korean opponent also boasted a perfect finishing rate, as he earned his sixth career knockout in the first round.
Tynan believes this will create some fast-paced action, and even if the fight reaches the second round, he is confident his wrestling and cardio will quickly take over:
“I planned to eliminate him in the first round. I don’t like long fights, and looking at his record, he doesn’t like long fights either. So I planned for this to be fast and exciting action in the first round.
“If he makes it to the second round, I intend to sink him.”
“I’m going to come in strong, and if he makes it to the second round, I plan to wear him out, but if not, I definitely plan to knock him out in the first round.”
In addition to a superb final, the Canadian rising star is also aiming for a US$50,000 performance bonus.
He added:
“Ideally, I would finish this. I would love to get one of these bonuses, and you only get them for good finishes. So I want to get submission a good legendary, or break his head and walk away with a little extra money.
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