Outcomes haven’t just lately favored Japanese hanging standout Taiki Naito. So this 12 months, “Silent Sniper” has been honing his craft in to reinvent himself.
Naito duels with #5-ranked flyweight Muay Thai contender Johan Estupinan at ONE Combat Evening 32 this Friday, 6 June, inside Bangkok, Thailand’s Lumpinee Stadium.
It’s been virtually a 12 months since Naito final appeared ONE Championship. Final August, he misplaced to Elias Mahmoudi at ONE Combat Evening 24. He suffered a third-round knockout of their flyweight kickboxing affair.
He performed his half within the three-round firefight, inflicting a slugfest to ensue. However the creative methods of Mahmoudi bought one of the best of him as soon as once more as he fell to a spinning backfist that noticed Naito embark on a two-fight skid.
Within the time since, Naito has taken his skills again to the drafting board. His kicks have at all times been his sturdy go well with, given his success as former Shoot Boxing Tremendous Bantamweight Champion. However to sharpen issues up, he’s been working with skilled boxing coaches thrice every week to make his type rather more horrifying.
“I’ve been coaching throughout this time, and I’ve included some new parts since my final loss,” he stated.
“I’m naturally extra expert with kicks. In my earlier fights, I believe I used considerably extra kicks than punches, however now, I’ve develop into higher at balancing kicks and punches collectively.
“As a fighter, I do really feel that it’s been fairly an extended hole, however I consider this time away has truly helped me develop in sure methods, so I’m actually trying ahead to it.”
