"History in the making" - Fans feel the sheer aura of the impending super fight between Rodtang and Takeru in Tokyo

Takeru Segawa and Rodtang Jitmuangnon face-off | Photo credits: ONE Championship
Takeru Segawa and Rodtang Jitmuangnon face-off | Image credit: ONE Championship

The mega showdown between former ONE flyweight Muay Thai world champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon and Japanese superstar Takeru Segawa will finally happen on March 23 during the main event of ONE 172 inside the Saitama Super Arena in Japan.

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ONE Championship made the official announcement on Instagram with the caption:

"IT'S OFFICIAL 🏆 Takeru and Rodtang's flyweight kickboxing super-fight is your five-round main event in Japan on March 23 at ONE 172! Are you backing 'The Iron Man' or 'The Natural Born Crusher?' @k1takeru @rodtang_jimungnon"
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'The Iron Man' and 'The Natural Born Crusher' will go head-to-head in a five-round kickboxing main event. Both athletes are coming off victories in their respective fights, which means they will have momentum heading into this epic bout.

This fight announcement has hyped up the fans, especially users lakhsinghofficial, @riotripurnama, @0ptimisticwifi, @roundhouseworld, @wuthz, @mattlightninglyall, and @sonico_techsound, who couldn't contain their excitement, as they commented:

"🔥 History in the making 🔥"
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"banger alert🔥🔥🔥"
"That's a banger"
"🔥 Two warriors collide! 😍"
"Absolute freaking war 🔥🔥🔥"
"🔥🔥🔥🔥pure fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥"
"👏🔥🙌Top fight!"
Screenshot of fans' comments
Screenshot of fans' comments

Rodtang promises to give his best in front of Japanese fans with fight against Takeru at ONE 172

During the press conference of the upcoming ONE 172 card, Rodtang spoke about his exhilaration of competing in front of the Japanese fans inside the Saitama Super Arena.

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According to the Jitmuangnon Gym-affiliated athlete, he will treat this as a fight in his home turf, which is why fans should expect nothing but his best come fight night, as he declared:

"I'm genuinely happy to fight in Japan. Japan is like my second home. While I'm disappointed I couldn't return for a while, I'm excited about this fight. I'll fight as if Japan is my home, so please look forward to it."

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