Scottish placing star Nico Carrillo felt a weight lifted off his shoulders this previous weekend as he made a ceremonious return to motion at ONE Struggle Evening 30: Kryklia vs. Knowles.
The #3-ranked bantamweight Muay Thai contender made his featherweight Muay Thai debut on Friday, April 4, taking out #5-ranked featherweight Muay Thai contender Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong within the second spherical at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
Carrillo final competed at ONE 170 in January, the place he suffered a first-round knockout loss to ONE interim bantamweight Muay Thai king Nabil Anane. The second marked his first defeat in ONE Championship, and he responded emphatically.
So when Sitthichai fell and the bell sounded, “King of the North” felt a surge of pleasure rush by way of his physique.
“This victory means extra to me than any victory I’ve had in my full profession. That is larger than once I beat Nong-O, once I beat Muangthai. That is larger than any of that as a result of I got here again from a loss, and I used to be preventing some severe demons in January. I utterly misplaced myself,” he stated.
“I misplaced loads of confidence, and I’m so grateful to ONE Championship [they] allowed me to come back again, to proper that unsuitable. And I’m simply so joyful and happy with myself that I stored all of the demons at bay, all of the voices in my head that have been scared, and I didn’t need to really feel that feeling once more.”
