Sizzler marks festive season with minimalist memorabilia, special menu
Dec 16. 2020
By The Nation
Sizzler is collaborating with popular minimalist artist Suntur to launch collectibles in line with its “Festive Season, Joyful Entry to 2021” promotion.
Included in this promotion is a special menu offering delights like grilled grouper steak with salmon salad, prawn cake and salmon sauce, surf and turf with mashed truffle and black pepper sauce, crispy pancetta with mashed truffle etc.
Also on offer is a new festive cookie set, which can make for a perfect gift. The festive goodies will be served until January 24.
Sizzler said that sales in the third quarter had risen by 100 per cent compared to the first half of the year, and expects overall sales in 2021 to grow by 5 to 10 per cent once the economy starts picking up.
By The NationPhitsanulok’s Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park has turned into a vision of red, offering visitors a perfect backdrop for photographs.
Park chief Suriya Kalasuk said on Thursday that the foliage on more than 100 maple trees, known in Thai as “kuam daeng”, has turned red now that the temperatures have dropped.
Thanks to the cool temperatures, the one-kilometre hike to Man Daeng Waterfall will be a deep shade of ruby until early next year, he said.
Tourists camping at the Khao Phaeng Ma Reforestation Project in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Wang Nam Kheow district woke up on Wednesday to find a friendly wild bull grazing nearby.
The eight-year-old Thong Dee is occasionally seen at the camping site looking for food and doesn’t appear to be afraid of humans.
Pongtep Malachasing, president of the district’s tourism promotion organisation, said the reforestation project area is a perfect spot to observe wild animals.
He said thanks to the lush greenery, more than 300 wild bulls come out to graze on the hill’s peak and are easily visible from the camping site.
When you think of “Koh Tao”, beautiful beaches, clear water, coral reefs, and scuba diving immediately come to mind. The island is acclaimed as one of the world’s most famous diving destinations. Each year, hundreds of thousands of international tourists travel to the island.
Yet Koh Tao has another story that is equally captivating — the story of two golden retrievers, a two-year old mother dog “Money” and her nine-month-old pup “Fanta”.
Money and Fanta are celebrities. Young hipsters who visit Koh Tao are eager to meet them. Not only are they cute and healthy dogs, but they also possess “green hearts”.
Money and Fanta’s stories have been continuously covered by many Thai celebrities and bloggers as well-trained dogs who show their love for nature by collecting marine debris.
Bunthin Daenthaisong (Uncle Chai), the owner of Money and Fanta, said the mother-son duo became known among local and international tourists after a group of youngsters hired a boat ride with the two dogs tagging along.
“Money and Fanta started to sail with me since they were young. In the beginning, the mother, Money, was just three months old and now both of them are used to sailing,” said Uncle Chai.
Tourists enjoy spending time with Money and Fanta and always post photos of them on social media channels, thus ensuring popularity of the duo.
The most impressive thing about both dogs is that they are trained to collect marine debris. When the owner throws a bottle or branches into the sea, Money and Fanta would jump off to collect the debris. If Money and Fanta spot any marine debris, such as bamboo or bottles, they would jump off the boat and swim to collect them. They are truly ‘green-hearted dogs’ who truly love nature, according to Uncle Chai.
This story has enabled Uncle Chai to earn extra income even in the Covid-19 crisis, compared to other small tourist boat drivers on Koh Tao, thanks to Money and Fanta.
“Koh Tao was affected by Covid-19 because tourists were unable to visit due to the national lockdown policy. Before the pandemic, many foreign tourists visited the island for diving and stayed more than a week, but after the Covid-19 outbreak there are no foreigners at all. Only groups of Thai visitors came during the holidays, for only 2-3 days. The situation created a huge impact on small tourist boat drivers in Koh Tao as they lacked the income to survive and to take care of their families.”
The upside of Covid-19 in Koh Tao is the respite provided to nature and the resulting restoration of Koh Tao’s natural beauty and the clear waters, ideal for snorkelling and diving. Highlights of the famous tourist spots in Koh Tao include Nang Yuan Pinnacle, Mango Bay, Hin Wong Pinnacle, Aow Leuk, Japanese Gardens, and Shark Island.
Since October 2020, a crowdfunding campaign — “Koh Tao Better Together” — by Biofin, UNDP Thailand, Krungthai Bank, Raks Thai Foundation and Koh Tao subdistrict municipality has been ongoing to raise money to support a group of small tourist boat drivers in Koh Tao under the “cash for work” modality for three months. Recently, a Big Cleaning Day was organised through the campaign in preparation for an expected return of tourists.
The dire PM2.5 dust situation is expected to affect the health of people in some Bangkok areas up to December 24 before getting better, Department of Disease Control (DDC) director-general Dr Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai said on Thursday.
Despite the lower dust mass during Christmas, he said people should continue to take care of themselves.
He had six tips to reduce the source of dust:
1) Regularly clean your house, sweeping away dust and any spiderwebs. Clean the floor and nooks to keep dust from gathering. Also use a damp cloth to clean furniture, washing machines, fans, air conditioners, filters and screens. The bedroom, where dust mites are likely to hide, need to also be cleaned, including bedsheets, pillowcases, mosquito nets, blankets and doormats at least once a week. Wear gloves while cleaning and cover your nose and mouth so you don’t inhale dust.
2) Use your vehicle less often, opt for public transportation instead.
3) Regularly check the condition of your vehicle and turn off the engine whenever you park.
4) Do not burn leaf waste.
5) Stop burning incense, switch to using short incense sticks or electric incense.
6) Plant a tree with rough/hairy leaves since this type of leaf is highly effective in trapping dust. Jamaican cherry, Afgekia Mahidoliae Burtt et Chermsir, Rangoon Creeper and Shower Orchid are all effective anti-dust plants.
Dr Suwanchai also suggested that before leaving home, you need to continue wearing a protective mask and monitor air quality by viewing the Air Quality Index on the DDC website.
“If you experience unusual symptoms such as frequent coughing, dyspnea, shortness of breath, chest tightness, palpitations, nausea, unusual fatigue or dizziness, seek immediate medical attention,” he warned.
Howard hospital hopes to ease Black people’s fears as it distributes first coronavirus vaccines
Health & BeautyDec 16. 2020Roy Dunlap receives the coronavirus vaccine at Howard University Hospital in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Michael Robinson Chavez
By The Washington Post · Lola Fadulu
WASHINGTON – Roy Dunlap told his family his plans as they sat down to a dinner of salmon, greens and white rice.
“I’m going to take the vaccine tomorrow,” the director of environmental services at Howard University Hospital said.
His 17-year-old son’s eyes bulged, and he raised his eyebrows to the heavens, as he typically does when his father says something out of the ordinary. Then the teenager looked at his mother.
“What do you mean?” Dunlap remembers his wife saying. “Your family needs you. Let somebody else take it.”
Roy Dunlap receives the coronavirus vaccine at Howard University Hospital in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Lola Fadulu
But Dunlap had already made up his mind to get the coronavirus vaccine. He thought about the number of people who have died of covid-19, the illness the novel coronavirus can cause, including one of the cleaning workers he supervised at the hospital.
He recognized the importance of getting vaccinated, and he wanted to be a leader for not only his staff of 70 people – who clean and disinfect every part of the hospital, including the covid-19 rooms – and his community.
Persuading Black Americans scarred by generations of health-care discrimination to trust the vaccine is a crucial part of ending the pandemic, which has disproportionately affected Black Americans, Latinos and front-line workers.
And so on Tuesday, despite his family’s worries, Dunlap became one of the first seven employees at the Howard hospital to get the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, sitting straight up in his chair as white-coated, masked and face-shielded Frank Evans, a licensed nurse at the hospital, inserted the needle into his right arm.
Howard is one of six sites that received part of the District of Columbia’s initial shipment of 6,825 doses of the vaccine. They arrived Monday morning as the total number of coronavirus cases reported in the greater Washington region climbed above 540,000, and the death toll in D.C., Maryland and Virginia exceeded 10,500.
Officials at the historically Black institution hope that publicizing the vaccination process will encourage other people to get vaccinated, especially Black Americans, who are nearly three times as likely to die of covid-19 because of health-care disparities and increased exposure at jobs deemed essential.
Many have told researchers and community leaders that they do not plan to take the vaccine because of a history of medical mistreatment and because of the politicization of the vaccine development process.
“We will take the vaccine not to jump in line, but to show people and to help people understand this is a safe weapon against the scourge of covid that has just been taking lives, day after day,” Anita Jenkins, the chief executive officer of the hospital, said before getting her shot.
Howard University’s medical school, founded three years after the end of the Civil War to train doctors to care for newly freed Black people in the nation’s capital, is working alongside the nation’s three other historically Black medical colleges to build community confidence in the vaccine.
Anita Jenkins, CEO of Howard University Hospital, prepares to receive the coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Michael Robinson Chavez
Howard University set up coronavirus testing sites early on in the pandemic in areas that have the city’s largest populations of Black residents. Howard’s medical school and hospital are running the clinical trial of a vaccine that has yet to reach the market, spokeswoman Alonda Thomas said.
“We have a legacy of leadership in science and developing insights into new science approaches to treating health, and in applying science to the benefit of people of color,” said Reed Tuckson, a doctor and Howard University trustee who is the founder of the Black Coalition Against Covid-19.
Tuesday’s vaccinations, he added, were “a further example of this history.”
Shelly McDonald-Pinkett, the hospital’s chief medical officer, who got vaccinated just before Dunlap, said: “We’ve all heard the statistics about what happens in the African American community and communities of color. And so it’s important for those who are in leadership roles to demonstrate our willingness to take the vaccine.”
Dunlap was eager to do so. He said he decided to get the vaccine weeks ago, after Jenkins announced she was going to be vaccinated.
“The early stage [of the pandemic] was really rough for me, so that’s why I felt that I had to be at the forefront to lead,” Dunlap said.
The housekeeper who died of covid-19 did not contract the virus at the hospital, Dunlap said. In all, 10 of his staff members have tested positive, Dunlap said. Some workers quit, some refused to clean rooms inhabited by virus patients. His shifts, and those of his remaining staff, grew longer.
The virus disrupted his personal life as well; he was unable to travel to Florida for the funeral of a pastor who was one of his childhood mentors and died of cancer.
“I feel this day is historic because this is the beginning stages of making covid-19 decline,” Dunlap said after being vaccinated. “And somebody has to be the guinea pig. Somebody has to be on the front line to volunteer and everything to see if the vaccine works.”
His wife was not easily persuaded. On Tuesday morning, before Dunlap headed to work, she stopped him and asked whether they could pray.
“And so she prayed with me. That kind of gave me more ease, that God got it,” Dunlap said.
After the shots were given, and the crowd cleared out of the hospital’s Freedmen’s Hall, Dunlap began preparing the area for his staff to come in and do the essential work it has been doing every day during this pandemic: thoroughly disinfecting the area to curb the spread of the deadly disease.
By Syndication Washington Post, Bloomberg · Anna Edney
Moderna Inc.’s vaccine is safe and effective for preventing covid-19, U.S. regulators said, clearing the way for a second shot to quickly gain emergency authorization and add to the country’s sprawling immunization effort.
FDA staff said Tuesday in a report that the experimental vaccine is 94.1% effective at preventing symptomatic covid-19, confirming earlier results released by the company.
The report was posted online ahead of a Thursday meeting of agency advisers who will vote whether to recommend authorization before a final FDA decision. The agency doesn’t have to follow the advice of the independent vaccine experts, though it often agrees with its advisory panels. Last week, the FDA authorized a similar vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE after an advisory panel voted 17-4, with one abstention, to support its authorization.
The FDA got a much deeper look at Moderna’s clinical-trial data than the numbers previously released to the public by the company. Notably, the agency was able to review the shot’s effectiveness across a broad range of racial, ethnic and age groups, and look at evidence of how well the shot worked for people with preexisting medical conditions that make them more vulnerable to severe covid-19.
The agency found the shot was similarly effective across racial and ethnic groups and those with underlying medical conditions. It was 86.4% effective in people age 65 and over, according to the report, and 95.6% effective in those 18 to 65.
Both the Moderna vaccine and the Pfizer vaccine are based on messenger RNA technology that hasn’t been previously used in inoculations. Additionally, both are two-dose vaccines, meaning once people receive an initial shot they will need to return to their care providers weeks later for an additional injection.
Between Pfizer and Moderna, Operation Warp Speed officials have said 20 million people in the U.S. are expected to get their first shots by year-end.
Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising across the country, increasing pressure to get the pathogen under control. While health officials are hopeful that the immunization push will begin to slow a pandemic that has killed more than 300,000 Americans, it’s not yet known what effect the vaccines have on transmission of the disease.
Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine was cleared first in the U.K. where there were a few reports of serious reactions that led regulators there to advise against anyone with a history of significant allergies getting the shot. The Food and Drug Administration did not take such a step, but told facilities where the vaccine would be administered to have medication on hand to treat possible allergic reactions, including a severe form called anaphylaxis.
Moderna’s vaccine isn’t yet approved in any other countries and hasn’t yet been used on anyone outside of a clinical trial.
Once the U.S. grants authorization, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must meet, as they did last week on Pfizer’s vaccine, to give Moderna’s shot the green light and provide offer specific recommendations for use and monitoring. Moderna’s vaccine will be distributed to sites around the country where health-care workers and residents of long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes, are expected to get the earliest doses.
Pfizer and BioNTech’s first vaccines were sent to more than 600 sites around the country. The shot must be kept extremely cold and requires special freezers to transport, while Moderna’s can be kept in more traditional cold storage.
ONE Championship and Xiaomi Announce Partnership to Broadcast Exclusive Event Content Live in 5G
Dec 17. 2020
Select ONE: COLLISION COURSE highlights to be shot and broadcast live on Xiaomi’s Mi 10
ONE Championship™ (ONE), today announced that the organization will be partnering with Xiaomi, one of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers and smart technology brands, on the emerging use of 5G in live sports production and broadcast. The first collaboration will be select content from ONE: COLLISION COURSE, an event scheduled for live broadcast from the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday, 18 December.
Xiaomi and ONE Championship will showcase the power and capabilities of the company’s 2020 flagship smartphone, the Mi 10. Portions of ONE: COLLISION COURSE will be streamed live using the Mi 10’s high-end imaging system and the latest in 5G technology.
Hua Fung Teh, Group President of ONE Championship, stated: “I am thrilled to announce this unique collaboration between ONE Championship and Xiaomi, one of the most well-loved technology brands in the world. It’s a great opportunity to bring together the unrivaled action and excitement of ONE Championship martial arts with Xiaomi’s fast, secure, and class-leading 5G technology. Just like our ONE Championship athletes, Xiaomi’s latest Mi 10 smartphone packs a combination of raw power and excellent performance, and I am excited to showcase those capabilities with all of our viewers globally.”
Shou Zi Chew, President of International, Xiaomi, stated: “Xiaomi is delighted to deepen our ongoing partnership with ONE Championship, as we team up to inspire the next generation of sports and technology fans worldwide. By leveraging Xiaomi’s 5G-enabled Mi 10, users around the world can watch ONE Championship’s COLLISION COURSE competition from a new perspective. We look forward to showcasing the advantages of 5G technology and putting real-life superheroes in the palm of your hand.”
Rolex Rankings No. 3 Inbee Park can’t remember the last time she had to finish a tournament on Monday.
With last week’s U.S. Women’s Open spilling over into this week, Park arrived at the CME Group Tour Championship a little later than usual, pulling into Naples late Monday night. But in her sixth trip to Tiburon Golf Club, Park already knows the challenge that awaits her here – these greens.
“I never really feel like I’ve conquered this green at all over all those years. The tee-to-green is not a big issue. I think it just really comes down to the putting, and the bermuda greens can get really tricky on you reading as feet,” said Park on Wednesday. “I’m just trying to adjust the speed on the greens and read the putts right. You can’t read them right all the time, but I’m just trying to do a little better at a time, and hopefully I can putt a little better this week.”
Park sits atop the standings for Rolex Player of the Year honors, leading Sei Young Kim by six points and Danielle Kang by 25 points. The trio will tee it up together in Thursday’s first round, starting on No. 1 at 10:50 a.m. If Park can capture the award, she would become the 14th player to win the title multiple times after she previously earning the honor in 2013. Park said adding this award to her 2020 resume would be a great “souvenir” of such a strange yet fulfilling season.
“This year has been a gift. I’m just happy that we got to play,” said Park, who won her 20th LPGA Tour title in February at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open and has seven other top-10 finishes this year. “Just that’s really all I can ask for. If the results follow, that’s great. If not, I’m just really happy we’re out here and playing and playing some really good golf.”
DANIELLE KANG MOVED TO DONATE AFTER IMPRESSIVE SEASON
Danielle Kang is playing in her eighth CME Group Tour Championship this week, in a season unlike any other. In 2020, Kang is one of only two players with multiple victories this season after winning the LPGA Drive On Championship – Inverness Club and Marathon LPGA Classic presented by Dana in the Tour’s restart in July. Throw in an additional three top-10 finishes, and Kang is third in the standings for the Rolex Player of the Year award. And, after making every cut in 12 events played, Kang is on the verge of closing out the year with the Vare Trophy.
“I definitely had, whether it was world No 1, Player of the Year, Vare Trophy, everything was a possibility at one point or another. I was world No. 2 at one point. You have goals and dreams in your mind and you set them when you play, and even before I started and while I’m on tour,” said Kang, who meets the 70% of the Official Tournament rounds requirement with her 69.978 scoring average. “That’s part of it, though, and I think whether I do it or not, I’m okay with having the opportunity to have almost done it. Because I don’t think it’s just going to be once or twice that you have to have the opportunity. That’s what actually Inbee said to me, too. We had a good chat a month ago.”
Kang said she likes Tiburon Golf Club and has been looking forward to this event. “I keep telling people if I just don’t “beep” around I should be contending pretty well. I don’t know why. I just get really greedy out here. When you get greedy, there is this nice little lost ball waiting for you. I don’t know. I just get really excited to play this event, and I even said to people that I took seven weeks off before U.S. Women’s Open,” said Kang, who finished in a tie for third in Naples in 2019. “U.S. Women’s Open is great, but I wanted it to be kind of a steppingstone for though week. I know the golf course pretty well. I know how the greens break. There are some par-3s that I have made doubles out here with 8-irons because I got so cocky on the tee box and thinking I could hit it to five feet.”
While gearing up for CME week, Kang was able to talk with Mary Browder, a 17-year-old cancer survivor who, with the help of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, beat Hodgkins Lymphoma. Moved by her story, Kang pledged to donate $1000 per birdie this week in Browder’s honor. Her goal? 20 birdies, to equal the $20,000 donation made by CME Group for every ace this season thanks to the CME Group Cares Challenge – Score 1 for St. Jude.
“20 so I can get to $20,000 then,” said Kang. “That would be cool. I got you, Mary.”
CME GROUP TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP FEELS LIKE HOME FOR BROOKE HENDERSON
Canadian star Brooke Henderson has won at least one tournament every season since 2015, when she captured the Cambia Portland Classic title as a non-member. In order to keep that streak alive, the nine-time LPGA Tour champion must find the winner’s circle this week at the CME Group Tour Championship.
“In the springtime I wasn’t sure what my schedule was going to look like, how much I was going to play, so I’m really grateful for the LPGA and protocols they put in place to make this a safe place to play,” said Henderson, who is currently No. 2 on Tour this year in scoring average (69.727). “I’ve been comfortable out here playing 10 events, and five top-10s. It has been a really successful year and would be really nice to finish this week off with another top-10, or maybe better. Hopefully put in two solid rounds Thursday, Friday and see where that puts me going into the weekend.”
This is the sixth straight appearance in the LPGA Tour season finale for Henderson. She has never missed a cut at Tiburón Golf Club (all top-25s) and secured a career-best in the event of solo fifth last year.
“Getting off the plane on Monday night, I was so grateful to be back here in southwest Florida. Just feels like home,” said Henderson, who calls Miromar Lakes Golf Club (20 miles north of Naples) her home club in the United States. “Feels really nice to be back, sleep in my own bed and be so close to this course. I am definitely really grateful for that, and having my sister [and caddy Brittany] nearby, too.
“This tournament is such a great opportunity. There is a lot of money on the line and it is top-70 players from this year. It’s just an honor to qualify and hopefully I can capitalize on the opportunity.”
TOURNAMENT WITHIN A TOURNAMENT STILL ON THE LINE AT CME GROUP TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
No one imagined it would be this close. With Sei Young Kim capturing a major championship at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and then following it up with a victory at the Pelican Women’s Championship in her next start, most casual observers figured she would be a shoo-in for Rolex Player of the Year honors. In an abbreviated season with limited starts, who could catch her?
The answer turned out to be simple: the only LPGA Hall of Fame member who still plays a full-time schedule and the woman who continues to amaze us every year she tees it up – Inbee Park.
Park is actually leading the Player of the Year race by a slim six points with one week to go. That is because in addition to her lone win of the year back in pre-COVID February – seemingly a lifetime ago – at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, the Queen Bee of women’s golf has an additional seven top-10 finishes in 2020, including runner-up finishes at the KPMG Women’s PGA (to Kim) and the Volunteers of America Classic. A tie for sixth at the U.S. Women’s Open moved Park into the driver’s seat for her second Rolex Player of the Year title.
But to show the differences in where Park and Kim are in their careers, Park said of possibly capturing Player of the Year, “You know, it would be nice to have some kind of a souvenir for a great year. To be honest, it really doesn’t bother me that much anymore. It would be nice to have another award, obviously, but this year has been a gift. I’m just happy that we got to play. That’s really all I can ask for. If the results follow, that’s great. If not, I’m just really happy we’re out here and playing and playing some really good golf.
BY THE NUMBERS — CME GROUP TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
The following statistics were compiled by Amy Mills, the LPGA Senior Manager of statistical research
Lexi Thompson has recorded four top-six finishes in six starts at the CME Group Tour Championship, including one win (2018) and second-place finish (2017), which is the best overall performance of any player in the event. Thompson has averaged 2.58 strokes under par per round since 2014.
Champ Nong-0 ‘100% ready’ to take on ‘worthy’ Muay Thai foe Rodlek
Dec 17. 2020Nong-O Gaiyanghadao
By THE NATION
Reigning One Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion Nong-O Gaiyanghadao couldn’t be happier to make his highly anticipated return to the One Circle.
The Thai legend is scheduled to face One Bantamweight Muay Thai Tournament Champion and countryman Rodlek PK Saenchai Muaythaigym in one of the main events of One: Collision Course, which broadcasts live from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore this Friday, December 18.
Nong-O is prepared for this fourth world title defence, and believes Rodlek is a worthy foe.
“I’m excited to get the chance to compete again, finally. But I can definitely feel the pressure. I haven’t been in the ring for a long time, so I hope I’m sharp enough because Rodlek is not an easy opponent,” said Nong-O.
“Physically, I’m 100 per cent ready. I trained hard even with the pandemic going on. I feel physically strong and ready. I recently dedicated a lot of time to training, as the fight got closer.”
Nong-O captured the One Super Series title in May 2019 after dominating China’s Han Zi Hao. Since then, he’s made three successful defences of the belt. His finest performance came against rising phenom Saemapetch Fairtex in November the same year, where he dominated and then knocked out his younger counterpart with a sensational right cross.
Rodlek, on the other hand, took part in the prestigious One Bantamweight Muay Thai Tournament held earlier this year. He succumbed to Saemapetch in the first round of the tournament, but after the former pulled out of the four-man ladder due to injury, Rodlek took his place in the final round against Kulabdam Sor Jor Piek-Uthai.
In the finals, Rodlek was incredible, as he dominated his opponent en route to an unanimous-decision victory.
All the while, Nong-O watched carefully from the sidelines, as the newest challenger to his throne rose through the ranks.
“The last fight I watched was of him and Saemapetch. I thought that was a close fight that could have gone either way. It wasn’t an easy fight for Saemapetch. They were matched evenly,” said Nong-O.
“Rodlek is a great fighter. He’s a worthy challenger, otherwise he wouldn’t be here standing across from me in the Circle now. He got here through hard work and sacrifice, just like all great fighters. There is no way I am taking him lightly. I will treat him as the toughest test of my career.”
One: Collision Course is One Championship’s final live event of the year. The stacked card features a main event showdown between One Light Heavyweight Kickboxing World Champion Roman Kryklia of the Ukraine and challenger Andrei “Mister KO” Stoica of Romania.
Nong-O vows to do his family and loved ones proud when he steps into the Circle this Friday night. He says he is grateful to be a One World Champion, especially during the time of this pandemic, which has swept the globe.
“Being a world champion in One Super Series, getting to represent Thailand on the global stage, it means a lot to me, especially during these times when things are uncertain,” he said.
“I want to make my parents, my family, especially my sons proud. I am happy if I can make them happy. That to me is the biggest motivation heading into this fight,” he added.
Catch One: Collision Course live on AIS Play at 7.30pm Indochina Time (ICT). Additionally, Thairath TV32 will air the event at 10.40pm ICT.
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