Coming off a difficult stretch in his career, some may view longtime ONE Championship standout Jeremy \u201cThe Jaguar\u201d Miado as a veteran now tasked with making younger fighters look good, rather than a legitimate contender still capable of chasing gold.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old Miado, however, sees it differently.<\/p>\n
\u201cAge is just a number,\u201d Miado told GMA News Online. \u201cI\u2019ve faced so many tough opponents, and experience is a big advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Filipino flyweight returns to action against South Africa\u2019s Willie \u201cWhite Lion\u201d van Rooyen at ONE Fight Night 41 on March 14 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.<\/p>\n
The bout pits Miado against an opponent 10 years his junior, a detail that has fueled speculation that he is being relegated as a gatekeeper. But Miado is quick to dismiss that narrative.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not focusing on labels or roles,\u201d he said. \u201cMy mindset is to compete at the highest level and prove that I belong in this division.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miado last saw action at ONE Fight Night 38 in December, where he suffered a second-round technical knockout loss to Avazbek Kholmirzaev. Prior to that, he halted a four-fight skid with a unanimous decision victory over Gilbert Nakatani last February.<\/p>\n
Beyond proving he is more than a measuring stick for emerging talents, the quick turnaround gives the Ilonggo fighter a chance to regain momentum after a rough run that has seen him drop five of his last six bouts.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m hungry to win. I really want to stay active,\u201d Miado said. \u201cI know there\u2019s room for improvements from my last fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014JMB, GMA Integrated News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coming off a difficult stretch in his career, some may view longtime ONE Championship standout Jeremy \u201cThe Jaguar\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,186262,638,1865,82],"class_list":["post-453125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-jeremy-miado","tag-mma","tag-one-championship","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}