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ONE Championship: Sinsamut Klinmee ‘doesn’t want to fight’ if Mehdi Zatout is still suspended
- Former Muay Thai title challenger ‘afraid of being banned too’ after supporting gym owner Zatout in dispute with ONE
- Venum Training Camp boss suspended after fighter Alaverdi Ramazanov rushed into ring to confront Jonathan Haggerty in Bangkok
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Former ONE Championship lightweight Muay Thai title challenger Sinsamut Klinmee has backed Mehdi Zatout after he was suspended – and even suggested he will not fight without his coach in his corner.
Venum Training Camp co-owner Zatout has been barred from all ONE events for six months after he and his fighter Alaverdi Ramazanov “bypassed security” in Bangkok last weekend.
Ramazanov and Zatout, who cornered Sinsamut earlier on the card for his victory over Mouchine Chafi, came to ringside at Lumpinee Stadium after the main event. Jonathan Haggerty had just beaten Fabricio Andrade to win the vacant bantamweight kickboxing title at ONE Fight Night 16.
Former champion Ramazanov then got into the ring and interrupted new two-sport king Haggery’s celebrations to challenge him to a fight, which drew the ire of ONE boss Chatri Sityodtong, earning the Russian a suspension along with Zatout.
“Well this is just my personal opinion on the situation that happened,” Sinsamut told the Post. “I feel like Mehdi, he takes care of 40 to 50 athletes, and there will always be someone in that crowd who is a little bit more stubborn, who does what they want.
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