Regian Eersel: “When I’m in there, I’m just in kill mode.”
In the main event of ONE 156, Regian Eersel defends his ONE Championship kickboxing title against Arian Sadikovic. Eersel, a Dutch product, has been perfect in ONE Championship winning welterweight the title and has gone a perfect 5-0. Not all have been easy fights as the last four of Eersel’s fights have gone the distance.
Regian Eersel vs. Arian Sadikovic at ONE 156
While he has had mainly decisions in the past, Regian Eersel believes that Sadikovic isn’t on his level and he’s going to exploit the difference in skill levels at ONE 156.
“I do not think this fight will go the distance. He has a lot of holes in his style. I think I am going to [find them]. It’s not that he is not good at some points, but when you [try to] put pressure on the opponent, you also open yourself up. I think I’m going to use this to my advantage.”
As for the fight, Eersel says that he’s a different person in the ring. He thrives on the chaos of a fight and talks about the muscle memory that being such a high-level fighter brings.
“My strength is in the power of my knee [strikes]. Also, my [fight] intelligence. While I’m fighting, I can adapt to my opponent. I have almost another person inside me that is full of aggression. And yeah, it comes out in the ring. When I’m in there, I’m just in kill mode. [At that point] you just do what you have been taught in the training.”
All in all, Eersel predicts his first knockout since 2019 at ONE 156. Not one to make such bold statements, Eersel believes that this fight will be over by the third round.
“We will end by knockout. I’m not one to say things that will happen in the future, but I will do it easy in the third round.”
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