Fans react to Rodtang Jitmuangnon battering Jacob Smith from cageside

Fans are praising Rodtang Jitmuangnon for the brutal beatdown of Jacob Smith in May.

Rodtang started 2022 with a disappointing loss to Demetrious Johnson in a historic mixed-rules bout. Two months later, ‘The Iron Man’ returned to Muay Thai and looked phenomenal against Jacob Smith in the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Grand Prix quarter-finals.

ONE Championship posted highlights of the Muay Thai phenom brutalizing Smith en route to a unanimous decision with the caption:

“'The Iron Man' brings the HEAT Rodtang Jitmuangnon defends his ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Title against strawweight Muay Thai titleholder Joseph Lasiri at ONE on Prime Video 4! @rodtang_jimungnon”

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Rodtang fans filled in the comment section with compliments, including some saying:

“Rodtang fights the way everyone pretends to when they shadowbox”

"Why anyone agrees to get in the ring with Rodtang is beyond me... I cant wait for this!”

“No one can take the title from him I’m sorry he’s the beast”

“This alone is worth the prime subscription”

“Rodtang knows how to perfectly time that rhythm step”

“Dude hits hard af”

‘The Iron Man’ is an established superstar who always puts on entertaining fights for fans. Rodtang’s win at ONE 157 extended his promotional Muay Thai record to 10-0.

The 25-year-old phenom now has a new challenger for ONE on Prime Video 4. Italian striker and reigning strawweight Muay Thai king Joseph Lasiri will look to pull off the upset and gain the ONE flyweight Muay Thai championship.

Watch some highlights from Rodtang Jitmuangnon vs. Jacob Smith at ONE 157 below:

What’s next for Rodtang Jitmuangnon?

Rodtang Jitmuangnon has disposed of several world title challengers, but his next test differs from the others. Joseph Lasiri is looking to make ONE Championship history by becoming a two-division world champion at ONE on Prime Video 4.

At 31, Lasiri started his ONE Championship Muay Thai journey 0-4 before leaving the flyweight division and becoming the current strawweight world champion. ‘The Hurricane now returns to the flyweight division to right his wrongs and attempt to upset Rodtang.

With that said, beating ‘The Iron Man’ in his weight class under Muay Thai rules has proven to be nearly impossible. But given Lasiri's once-unlikely path to the strawweight throne, he can never be counted out.

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