{"id":351310,"date":"2020-05-25T07:54:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T14:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=351310"},"modified":"2020-05-25T08:23:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T15:23:35","slug":"muay-thai-star-rodtang-jitmuangnon-interested-in-future-mma-bouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/muay-thai-star-rodtang-jitmuangnon-interested-in-future-mma-bouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Muay Thai star Rodtang Jitmuangnon interested in future MMA bouts"},"content":{"rendered":"

ONE flyweight Muay Thai titleholder<\/a> Rodtang Jitmuangnon, widely regarded as one of the most exciting fighters in combat sports, is interested in trying his hand at MMA in the future.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Thai, who has also captured the Max Muay Thai 126-pound title and the Omnoi Stadium 130-pound title, is drawing inspiration from his girlfriend, Stamp Fairtex.<\/p>\n

Stamp is currently the ONE atomweight Muay Thai queen champ, and previously<\/a> held the promotion’s atomweight kickboxing title. In addition to her accomplishments in the striking realm, she’s also 4-0 in mixed martial arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having witnessed his girlfriend’s success in MMA, Rodtang has been considering making the move himself, and has even started doing a bit of jiu jitsu to widen his martial arts arsenal.<\/p>\n

“I’ll still compete in Muay Thai, but I feel that I want to try MMA,” Rodtang told BJPENN.com. “Stamp was the one that invited me to try at the beginning.”<\/p>\n

While Rodtang is keen to compete in MMA in the future, he recognizes that he needs more practice before he partakes in an MMA contest.<\/p>\n

“I really have no idea [when I will compete in an MMA bout] yet,” he said. “I can only say I\u2019ll need more time to learn as I’ve spent my whole life striking.”<\/p>\n

At present, Rodtang is focused on defending his ONE Muay Thai title. The Thai berserker doesn’t currently have a fight booked, but is open to anything.<\/p>\n

That includes a potential third fight with England’s Jonathan Haggerty, who he’s now beaten twice in wildly exciting contests.<\/p>\n

“Well Jonathan is one of the best foreign Nak Muay that I’ve fought with,” he said of his British rival. “He’s got all skills and I don\u2019t mind to rematch with him.”<\/p>\n