ONE Championship: Alain Ngalani targets ‘one more run at the top’ after training at Sanford MMA
- Hong Kong fighter feels like ‘kid in the candy shop’ following eye-opening spell in Florida, and will return to the ONE cage this year
- Ngalani receives win bonus despite no contest for groin shot against Thomas Narmo, and is confident he would’ve knocked Norwegian out
It may have been a second no contest caused by groin strikes in his career, but Alain Ngalani has brushed off the controversy of his fight against Thomas Narmo and targeted one last run at the ONE Championship heavyweight title.
Hong Kong’s Ngalani looked on track to pick up a victory in his Singapore clash with “The Last Viking” (4-0, one no contest) at Battleground II, which aired last Friday, before an accidental low blow in the second round brought a premature end to the fight.
But the 46-year-old revealed to the Post he still received a win bonus from ONE CEO and chairman Chatri Sityodtong.
“I was frustrated, there was confusion when I was in the ring,” he said. “We argue a bit with the referee and the judge. The referee assured me I won the fight. He told me if he [Narmo] doesn’t continue, you win the fight.
“The judge announced it was a no contest, so I was very confused and not OK with the decision, but later on I spoke to the big boss himself and he was very satisfied with my performance.
