Bomogao, gusto pang humirit ng laban sa ONE Championship

Matapos matupad ang kanyang birthday wish na manalo sa kanyang debut fight noong nakaraang Biyernes, Nobyembre 8, gusto pang humirit ng isa pang laban itong si Islay Erika Bomogao. 

“I wish to compete here again. I promise I will continue to train. I will wait for more opportunities,” ani Bomogao. 

Nanibago si Islay sa paglalaro niya sa ONE Championship at nakaramdam ng kakaiba dahil ito ang unang beses niyang makapag-suot din ng gloves na para sa Muay Thai sa ONE Championship. 

“It’s weird. Coming from an amateur background since I was 16, I was competing with headgear, competing with 10-ounce gloves. I had a body vest on when I was a junior fighter. When I put on four-ounce gloves for the first time, it was awkward. I was excited, but there was definitely unease at first. I was thinking, ‘[The gloves] are so small, and of course it would be nice if I landed a punch using these gloves, but what if I’m the one on the receiving end?’,” saad ni Bomogao.

Nang makaharap ni Bomogao ang kanyang kalabang Japanese ipinakita nito ang kanyang mga nakatagong diskarte sa pakikipaglaban at dito niya ginulat ang kalaban at nakakuha ng pagkakataon na maipanalo ang laban kasabay ng kanyang ika 24 na taong kaarawan. 

"I'm happy that I was able to show new tricks, tricks that aren't usually seen in Muay Thai. I was throwing hook kicks, I was throwing back kicks,"

"I wanted to show that Muay Thai is so much more than roundhouse kicks, teeps, punches and elbows. We can be creative as well and put on new moves; that's what I'm happy about," pagpapatuloy pa ni Bomogao.

Hindi sukat akalain ni Bomogao na mawawala ang nakakapanibago niyang pakiramdam lalo na ng makaharap na niya si Fuu, ang kalabang Japanese, at hindi na rin ito nag-alinlangan na ilabas kung anong diskarte meron siya sa pakikipaglaban. 

"Personally, I think it was a good performance. I think I was able to execute my game plan, control her with my teeps, use my boxing, and move around. But the overall assessment would be really up to my coaches, because they're the ones who are really watching," dagdag pa ni Bomogao..