Tiffany Teo’s first expertise within the ONE Championship atomweight division couldn’t have gone a lot better. ‘No Chill’ put away Ritu Phogat with a stellar first-round submission at ONE 161.
It was the second-straight submission loss for ‘The Indian Tigress’ and the second-straight win for the previous two-time ONE ladies’s strawweight world title challenger.
Shifting to a decrease weight class can usually be troublesome for fighters. The additional weight lower can lead to a lack of velocity and stamina, however that didn’t look like a difficulty for Teo.
Following her win, ‘No Chill’ spoke to ONE Championship about her cardio at atomweight and her confidence in going past the primary spherical:
“Yeah, undoubtedly. I didn’t sweat in any respect throughout that matchup. I used to be sweating extra throughout the warmup. So undoubtedly, if it went all three rounds, I’m certain that my cardio would assist me pull that off.”
Thankfully for her, Teo didn’t must dig too deep into her gasoline tank to earn the victory. Not solely did ‘No Chill’ safe her first win within the division, however the dominant efficiency additionally catapulted her into the atomweight prime 5.
Desirous to get a shot on the atomweight queen’s ONE world title, Teo is more likely to see one other top-five opponent in her subsequent outing.
Tiffany Teo believes she is the largest menace to Angela Lee’s atomweight reign
Following her victory over ‘The Indian Tigress’ at ONE 161, Tiffany Teo known as out atomweight world champion Angela Lee. Teo let ‘Unstoppable’ know that she was coming for her.
Whereas it could be a tad untimely to begin speaking a couple of showdown between the 2 feminine stars, ‘No Chill’ believes she is extra harmful to Lee’s title reign than some other fighter underneath the ONE Championship banner:
“I believe I’ve superior hanging in comparison with Angela and I believe we’re fairly even on the bottom. I really feel like I can combine issues up when it comes to MMA, in simply organising my takedowns you already know. I simply really feel like I pose a unique menace to her in comparison with all the opposite athletes she has confronted.”
After Lee’s considerably controversial loss to Xiong Jing Nan within the ONE on Prime Video 2 headliner, there may be some uncertainty as to what’s subsequent for each the ladies’s atomweight and strawweight world championships.
Nonetheless, one factor is for sure; Tiffany Teo might be able to put her cash the place her mouth is.