MANILA, Philippines—Rene Catalan and Bokang Masunyane are two fighters on the different ends of the style spectrum, but during their strawweight clash in ONE: Big Bang, it was the wrestler that ended the fight via strikes.
Masunyane, a natural grappler, needed just two strikes to finish off Catalan, a wushu practitioner, to score his biggest victory in ONE Championship.
A knee to the head and a head kick to the jaw was what Masunyane needed, and Catalan was nonetheless surprised with how his younger opponent took it to him with using pinpoint striking.
“Actually my game plan was to match whatever strikes he throws at me,” said Catalan in Filipino. “For example, I’ll box him in the f…
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