ONE Heavyweight MMA World Champion “Reug Reug” Oumar Kane has transcended sports activities in his homeland. His split-decision victory over two-weight ONE MMA king Anatoly Malykhin final November remodeled him from a celebrity to a legend.
The Senegalese large dethroned the beforehand unbeaten Russian at ONE 169 on November 8, inside Bangkok, Thailand’s Lumpinee Stadium. That historic triumph didn’t simply earn him championship gold. It cemented his place amongst Senegal’s best sporting icons.
Kane attracts inspiration from his nation’s wealthy fight sports activities heritage. Senegalese wrestling offered the muse for his journey to MMA supremacy. In the present day, he stands atop that very same custom he as soon as studied as a toddler.
“All of our soccer heroes we now have discovered about. We’ve got had so many,” Kane stated.
“In fight sports activities, Senegalese wrestling is such an enormous a part of our tradition, and this was my training. I ate, drank, and slept studying about these stars and dreaming of changing into one. Now, I’m not ashamed to say I’m the best of all of them.”
