Danial Williams targets Joseph Lasiri's gold

Danial Williams is setting his sights on newly-crowned ONE strawweight Muay Thai world champion Joseph Lasiri.

Williams, who competes in each combined martial arts and Muay Thai, is coming off a dominant unanimous choice win over Namiki Kawahara final month.

Whereas the match in opposition to Kawahara was fought beneath MMA, Williams has no issues leaping instantly to Muay Thai to problem Lasiri.

In an interview with ONE Championship, Williams mentioned he needs to be the one to problem Lasiri for the gold.

Danial Williams mentioned:

“I really feel I needs to be his subsequent match. I’ve at all times accepted a problem – I fought Rodtang [Jitmuangnon] on actually brief discover. I do know Joseph will wish to defend his title, and that’s what I’m mentally chasing proper now.”

He added:

“I do know it is going to be a depraved struggle. Related fashion, comparable construct, comparable ahead strain, it is going to be a Struggle of the 12 months contender.”

Williams has three fights beneath his belt in ONE Championship and two of these had been victories in MMA. His first foray into the promotion was an absolute barnburner in opposition to Rodtang, the ONE flyweight Muay Thai world champion, at ONE on TNT I in April 2021.

Regardless of the loss, Williams cemented himself as one of many hardest fighters within the promotion. He additionally sits because the No.5 contender within the strawweight Muay Thai rankings.

Lasiri, in the meantime, turned the ONE strawweight world Muay Thai world champion when he stopped Prajanchai PK.Saenchai within the third spherical within the co-main occasion of ONE 157: Petchmorakot vs. Vienot final Friday on the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Danial Williams says Lasiri is predictable

Lasiri was a rampaging machine when he beat Prajanchai for the title. The Italian-Moroccan star went on a relentless assault that had Prajanchai on the backfoot for a lot of the match.

Nonetheless, Danial Williams mentioned Lasiri’s fashion was too predictable. ‘Mini T’ mentioned that if he ever confronted the champ, the Italian would hold second-guessing what to do subsequent.

“I’ve seen just about all of his fights, and I nonetheless assume he’s fairly predictable. I don’t assume that he has something that comes off as a shock to me. His fixed ahead strain and talent to take one or two [shots] is like his superpower, however I feel my recreation will probably be somewhat bit too difficult for him, somewhat bit too totally different by way of motion and approach.”

He added:

“Congratulations and all of the respect to the brand new champ. Get pleasure from it whilst you can as a result of I’m coming for you, and I gained’t be taking a step again.”