Champ-champ Superlek Kiatmoo9 wants to “discuss the beauty of Muay Thai further” with Joe Rogan
Superlek Kiatmoo9 might just be the perfect ambassador for the beautiful sport of Muay Thai.
The reigning ONE flyweight kickboxing and bantamweight Muay Thai world champion recently heaped praise from UFC commentator Joe Rogan for his now-iconic one-shot knockout of Jonathan Haggerty at ONE 168: Denver.
In one of his recent the Joe Rogan Experience episodes, Rogan was utterly mesmerized by Superlek's elbow counter against Haggerty in the card's main event on September 6 at Ball Arena.
Rogan said Superlek's knockout was nothing short of perfect, and the Thai megastar hopes to one day discuss Muay Thai with Joe Rogan on a deeper level.
Superlek Kiatmoo9 shared a snippet of the JRE episode on Instagram and wrote that he wants to train with Rogan.
He wrote:
"This perfect elbow is the result of training together with my coach, @fasai_muaythai. We trained and perfected it to fight one of the best on the planet. I want to showcase Muay Thai to the whole world. One day, I hope to meet @joerogan, and maybe we can train and discuss the beauty of Muay Thai further. ⚡️🇹🇭"
Superlek Kiatmoo9 is already described as one of the most technically gifted Muay Thai fighters on the planet, and that reputation was on full display against Haggerty in Denver.
Instead of going full sprint in the match, Superlek fought off the backfoot and downloaded whatever information Haggerty displayed.
Superlek, upon reading Haggerty's two-step gather, launched a perfect over-the-top elbow that quickly put the British superstar down.
Although Haggerty got back up when the count reached eight, he was still visibly wobbled and had no wherewithal to continue forcing referee Justin Brown to stop the fight 49 seconds into the first round.
Joe Rogan says Superlek Kiatmoo9 is a complete "bad***" inside the cage
Muay Thai has so many intricacies in its nature that a shot without a long windup could still cause chaos against anyone who takes it.
One such shot was Superlek Kiatmoo9's clinical one-shot knockout of Jonathan Haggerty, which Joe Rogan couldn't help but be enamored with.
In an episode of JRE, Rogan had nothing but praise for Superlek and the technique he displayed against Haggerty in Denver:
"Superlek is this bada** Muay Thai fighter, and he fought Jonathan Haggerty. I saw an interesting breakdown. He caught him with that over-the-top elbow, like real quick in the fight. I think was like 40 seconds. Beautiful KO. So they had a real good fight in the first fight, it was six years ago, and Haggerty became the champion. And everybody thought it's gonna be a much, much different fight."
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