"Pair of absolute legends" - Fans loving the unlikely yet unbreakable friendship between champs Rodtang and Mikey Musumeci
ONE Championship commemorated International Day of Friendship by featuring the great friendship between ONE flyweight Muay Thai world champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon and ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion Mikey Musumeci.
In a six-slide post on Instagram, the promotion published various photos and videos of the two martial arts superstars together, as they captioned it with:
"Forever friends ❤️🤗 Tag your bestie to express your appreciation on this International Day of Friendship! @rodtang_jitmungnon @mikeymusumeci"
As seen on the six slides, 'The Iron Man' and 'Darth Rigatoni' developed a great relationship. They shared wholesome moments, from play-fighting and training together to singing karaoke.
These moments between the two champions received high praise from fans:
"A pair of absolute legends"
"Imagine not knowing these two and seeing them in a club and a tough drunk guy bullies them"
"rodtang need to training ground game with mikey and got to mma"
"Steel sharpens steel."
"Sweet genuine friends"
"😍👑🏆Two heroes in one frame👏❤️❤️🔥🔥"
Rodtang Jitmuangon and Mikey Musumeci preparing for their upcoming fights
Jitmuangon and Musumeci are currently focused on their respective preparations for their scheduled fights in the world's largest martial arts organization. The Thai superstar is booked to defend his ONE flyweight Muay Thai world title against Jacob Smith on November 8 at ONE 169: Atlanta, which emanates inside State Farm Arena.
Meanwhile, the American BJJ savant is looking to become the first two-division submission grappling world champion in the promotion. He challenges ONE lightweight submission grappling world champion Kade Ruotolo for his 26-pound golden belt at ONE 168: Denver on September 6 in front of the Ball Arena crowd in Colorado.
ONE 168: Denver goes down at Ball Arena in U.S. primetime on Sept. 6. Tickets for the event are available on Ticketmaster.