“A place that I really enjoy”

ONE bantamweight title contender, ‘Surprise Boy’ Fabricio Andrade, has traveled the world, transferring from Brazil to China and now to Thailand. He has honed his abilities to turn out to be the fighter he’s right this moment by means of his journey. However it’s at Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket the place he’s discovered a house.

The 25-year-old is among the many many world champions and top-tier martial arts expertise coaching at Tiger Muay Thai. He trains among the many highest, together with ONE interim heavyweight world champion Anatoly Malykhin, former ONE middleweight world champion Vitaly Bigdash, and extremely ranked light-weight contender Timofey Nastyukhin, amongst others.

Below the steering of the elite teaching workers in Phuket, Andrade has reworked into an absolute killer. In a current interview with Tudor Leonte from Sherdog.com, ‘Surprise Boy’ talked about his time dwelling in Thailand’s most well-known coastal city. He mentioned:

“I’ve been right here for 5 years already, or extra. Thailand has already been my residence. It’s been like a spot that I actually get pleasure from. The ambiance and the coaching at Tiger [Muay Thai] has been actually good. They bought a variety of good coaches, a variety of [training] companions, and I made a variety of buddies within the time I’m right here.”

Andrade can have the assist of everybody at Tiger Muay Thai when he steps into the circle for his subsequent struggle. The No.2-ranked bantamweight contender will meet reigning ONE bantamweight world champion John ‘Fingers of Stone’ Lineker in the primary occasion of ONE on Prime Video 3, which will likely be broadcast reside through Prime Video from the Axiata Area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 21.

If Fabricio Andrade wins this struggle, he’ll turns into the youngest ONE bantamweight world champion in historical past.

Fabricio Andrade assured he’ll finish John Lineker’s quick reign within the division

Since he got here into ONE Championship in mid-2020, ‘Surprise Boy’ Fabricio Andrade already knew he was going to turn out to be world champion. In reality, he was positive of it that he started calling out then-champion Bibiano Fernandes, in addition to the aforementioned John Lineker as quickly as he joined the promotion.

The 25-year-old’s repeated name outs had been proof of his confidence. However, Andrade believes Lineker has remained quiet as a result of he was avoiding a struggle with ‘Surprise Boy’.

Within the ONE on Prime Video 3 digital press convention, Fabricio Andrade reiterated his declare that he’ll certainly beat Lineker when the circle door closes and seize the coveted ONE gold. He mentioned:

“I’m the man who has been calling him out. He’s been ducking me. 100%, I’m going to placed on a present, there’s going to be one other knockout and we’ll have a brand new champion.”