Yodlekpet Has A Clear Plan For Saw Min Min In ONE Friday Fights 157 Main Event
Yodlekpet Or Atchariya has spent most of his career fighting men bigger than him. He is used to it. He has a system for it. And on Friday night at Lumpinee Stadium, he plans to use that system to dismantle Saw Min Min from the legs up.
The 31-year-old multi-time Rajadamnern and Lumpinee Stadium Muay Thai World Champion faces the Lethwei-trained Myanmar striker in the main event of ONE Friday Fights 157 on June 5, live in Asia primetime from Bangkok, Thailand.
Saw Min Min is dropping from bantamweight to flyweight for the bout, bringing heavier hands, a conditioned chin, and a background in the bare-knuckle brutality of Lethwei. It’s a discipline that produces fighters who neither panic when hurt nor hesitate when an opponent is in front of them.
Yodlekpet has mapped out exactly why that advantage needs to be neutralised before anything else.
“He’s going to hold a massive size and power-impact advantage, and his chin will be conditioned to handle heavier volume,” Yodlekpet said. “The guy is incredibly durable. This is definitely not going to be a walk in the park. He packs real danger in his hands. That being said, I believe I hold the edge in raw power and precision.”
The tactical answer is simple in its logic and demanding in its execution. Yodlekpet intends to attack the legs before he attacks the man, removing Saw Min Min’s mobility and forward pressure before the punching exchanges begin in earnest.
“I’m going to heavily rely on low kicks and boxing combinations. I need to chop down his base first,” he said. “Damaging his legs will take away his movement and prevent him from using his footwork to escape my pressure.”
The momentum behind Yodlekpet heading into Friday is real. A third-round finish of Gingsanglek Wor Kumchamnarn in his last outing, which was a high-tempo war that swung back and forth before Yodlekpet spotted the moment and took it, extended his winning run and sharpened his read on exactly when to press the accelerator.
“I noticed that he had broken teeth, and he was visibly hurting from a body shot to the stomach,” he said. “The moment I saw him wince, I stepped on the gas to finish the fight right then and there. When you see your opponent hurt, you have to go for the kill.”
Four straight wins after a difficult patch have put the contract Yodlekpet has been chasing within reach. He has done the arithmetic on where a win over Saw Min Min leaves him.
“If you look at my last five fights, I’ve only dropped one, so I’m incredibly hungry to keep this winning streak alive and close the gap on that contract,” he said. “If I get the win this Friday, I reckon I’m only one or two fights away from securing it.”
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