“I need to push myself more”

At ONE Fight Night 14, Stephen Loman confronted the most important take a look at of his profession in a high-stakes matchup versus a former kingpin.

Since signing with the promotion, ‘The Sniper’ had secured three consecutive wins to discover himself within the higher echelons of the bantamweight division.

At ONE on Prime Video 4, he took out former ONE bantamweight world champion Bibiano Fernandes to earn his greatest victory upto that time, which solely set himself up for a good larger combat subsequent trip.

Coming into ONE Fight Night 14 on the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Loman knew that he had an extremely tough problem in entrance of him.

Former kingpin John Lineker had lately rebounded from his loss to Fabricio Andrade with a knockout of Kim Jae Woong to show that he’s nonetheless simply as harmful as ever.

When they met contained in the circle, the Brazilian’s high-level expertise was invaluable for him as he obtained the choice win over the up-and-coming contender that was wanting to take his spot.

Unfortunately for the Filipino contender, he wasn’t in a position to implement his gameplan and was left on the surface, providing up little offense to try to change the course of the combat.

In an interview with The MMA Superfan, Stephen Loman mirrored on what went improper and what he realized from sharing the circle with a veteran of the game:

“I have to make a lot of adjustments because he’s also a shorter fighter. I need to push myself more, especially with my wrestling transitions and my ground game. I need to stay focused.”

Watch the complete interview under:

Though he might have tasted defeat underneath the ONE Championship banner for the primary time, ‘The Sniper’ will little doubt profit from the expertise going ahead in his profession.

North American viewers with an energetic Amazon Prime Video subscription can rewatch all of the motion from ONE Fight Night 14 by way of the free occasion replay.