ONE: Dave Bangguigui elated after win over much experienced foe

Dave Bangguigui. Picture from ONE Championship

MANILA, Philippines—Dave Bangguigui turned heads in his debut at ONE Championship’s foremost roster when he topped Brazil’s Marcus Paulo Amaral final month in Bangkok, Thailand.

Bangguigui, the La Trinidad, Benguet native, beat Amaral at his personal sport, taking the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt to the bottom a number of instances en path to a unanimous choice victory.

“I’m fairly happy with my efficiency since I used to be in a position to sustain with him even though he’s far more skilled than me as a fighter and he’s a black belt in BJJ,” Bangguigui mentioned.

What made his win extra spectacular was the truth that he and his coach Nicho Tabora had been utterly unaware of Amaral’s grappling pedigree heading into their strawweight conflict in ONE Friday Fights 14.

“We had been shocked after we came upon his credentials. However after all, I don’t concern any fighter as a result of we ready for it. No matter how the struggle went, whether or not on the ft or on the bottom, we had been prepared,” mentioned Bangguigui, who had a two-bout stint underneath Wealthy Franklin’s ONE Warrior Sequence in 2019.

“Regardless that my placing can actually maintain up, if I can end the struggle higher on the bottom, that’s the place I’m taking the struggle to.”

The 26-year-old Bangguigui improved his file to 9-1.

In the meantime, one other Filipino strawweight in Jeremy Miado is about to return to motion on June 10 at ONE Struggle Night time 11 in Bangkok.

Miado, who has been on a resurgence, goals for his fifth consecutive win as he eyes to climb the rankings within the stacked strawweight class.

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