ONE Fight Night 40<\/a> on Friday, February 13, inside Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.<\/p>\nShamil Erdogan dropped Takeuchi in November at ONE 173 in Japan. The first-round TKO played on a loop in his mind. But frustration makes dangerous fighters even more reckless, and Takeuchi\u2019s already walking that line.<\/p>\n
His hands carry the kind of power that erases consciousness. Four of his five professional wins ended by knockout, all in the first round. The average fight time reads like a death sentence: 3 minutes and 26 seconds.<\/p>\n
Still, power means nothing if you can\u2019t land it. Tynan brings Canadian wrestling pedigree and a game plan designed to smother Takeuchi\u2019s explosiveness before it detonates.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter ONE 173 where I lost in that manner, I\u2019ve had a lot of frustration building up inside me, dissatisfaction with how things went, all of that combined,\u201d he said. \u201cI have so much frustration accumulated, and I\u2019m planning to make this the fight where I explode with all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ryugo Takeuchi identifies fatal flaws in Ben Tynan\u2019s approach<\/p>\n
Ryugo Takeuchi watched the tape. He saw a wrestler who avoids exchanges, who ducks and shoots instead of standing in the pocket where real damage happens.<\/p>\n
Tynan carries more than 10 kilograms over Takeuchi. The size advantage matters in grappling exchanges, where leverage and weight dictate position. But the Japanese striker isn\u2019t concerned with playing the strength game.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s mapped out his defensive adjustments. When Tynan shoots, Takeuchi will transition immediately. No grinding battles on the canvas, no energy wasted fighting for underhooks. Takeuchi sees more than technical deficiencies when he studies his opponent. He sees a fighter who flinches, who retreats when pressure arrives.<\/p>\n
Tynan will shoot. The Canadian\u2019s entire strategy depends on closing distance and dragging Takeuchi into deep water. But wrestlers who chase takedowns against explosive strikers often pay for their persistence. The Japanese knockout artist envisions a scenario where technique dissolves into pure chaos, and in those moments, belief matters more than credentials.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s pretty good at tackles, single-leg takedowns, so I\u2019m watching out for that,\u201d he said. \u201cAlso, he\u2019s quite heavier than me \u2014 more than 10 kilos heavier \u2014 so he\u2019s a big fighter. When we clinch up, I\u2019m being conscious not to get into a strength battle. I\u2019ve been practicing transitions and staying aware of that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWatching his fights, he\u2019s a fighter who doesn\u2019t get into striking exchanges at all. So his weakness is striking, and if I had to say more, I think he might be mentally weak.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t hate the ground game. I can do it. I\u2019m not that great at it, but I can do it, so I don\u2019t hate it. But I want to excite the crowd. How should I put it? I want to win in an impactful way, so if I get taken down, I won\u2019t engage in ground fighting. I\u2019ll immediately stand back up and beat him to a pulp.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it becomes a striking scramble, when it turns into a brawl, there\u2019s absolutely no way I\u2019ll lose. I don\u2019t feel like I\u2019ll lose any standup battle at all.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it becomes an intense battle, it will definitely end in the first round.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Defeat cuts differently for 22-year-old fighters who\u2019ve built their reputations on finishes. Ryugo Takeuchi tasted that failure in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,2843,195640,239739,85],"class_list":["post-469277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-one-championship","tag-one-fight-night-40","tag-ryugo-takeuchi","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}