Khamzat Chimaev works on his striking with Muay Thai World Champion Smilla Sundell
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Smilla Sundell and Khamzat Chimaev
Smilla Sundell poses with Khamzat Chimaev after a productive training session. Smilla Sundell is the current ONE Women’s Strawweight champion. The Swedish kickboxer made history recently after becoming the youngest person to ever win a world title in Muay Thai. Sundell fought with Jackie Buntan for the championship on April 22 at the ONE 156 event.
The featherweight contest was the co-main event and it delivered what it promised. The fight was thrilling and full of action. ‘The Storm’ was not in a mood of playing around and she charged forward and put a lot of pressure on her opponent. The 17-year-old, used her reach advantage to counter Buntan’s footwork and stopped her from doing anything dangerous.
Sundell’s plan was working out and she kept on throwing strikes with various combinations. Sundell was accurate with her strikes and it helped her get more points. After the end of the final round, Sundell was announced the winner via unanimous decision and was crowned the youngest champion in ONE’s history.
During the post-event press conference, Sundell revealed that she is satisfied with her efforts but would like to improve more in future.
“I’m happy with my performance but there’s a lot to improve on, but I was happy… I think I have to kick more and switch it up a bit,” said Sundell.
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Youngest champion Smilla Sundell with Khamzat Chimaev
Sundell recently posted a picture on her official Instagram account. In the picture the champion can be seen posing with UFC superstar Khamzat Chimaev.
Sundell and Chimaev share a common bond for coming from the same part of the world. Sundell is from Stockholm, Sweden and Chimaev went to Stockholm at an early age to train. Both the fighters once trained in the All-star training centre in Stockholm and know each other.
In the captions, Sundell mentioned to be with the next UFC champion and tagged Chimaev.
” With the next champion of @ufc,” wrote Sundell.
Chimaev is currently on his way to becoming the champion if everything goes right. The fighter recently defeated Gilbert Burns and took the #3 position in the welterweight division. If he wins the next fight. He might get a title shot against the pound-for-pound number one fighter and 175 lbs champion, Kamaru Usman.
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