DENICE “The Menace” Zamboanga will walk into Lumpinee Stadium for her long-awaited ONE Interim Atomweight MMA World Title fight against Alyona Rassohyna at ONE Fight Night 27 on January 11, with a whole lot to prove.
Aside from being highly motivated to claim her first gold belt in ONE Championship, Zamboanga is out to make a statement at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
Seeing how fans feel that Rassohyna will be the better grappler between the two, the Filipina is excited to show that the Ukrainian’s grappling hasn’t fully been tested to begin with.
“I haven’t seen her face a true grappler, or a wrestler,” she said.
“It’s always a striker, which allows her to dominate on the ground. In this fight, I’d like to prove that I’m a better grappler.”
The Filipina also believes that her recent activity will also fall to her advantage, especially as she’s coming off a convincing but nonetheless tough fight against Noelle Grandjean just a few months ago.
Rassohyna, on the other hand, gave birth to her daughter and hasn’t competed in quite some time.
“I feel like my main advantage would certainly be my activity. She hasn’t competed in a long time, and I’m way more active,” she said.
Still, that’s the only advantage that Zamboanga thinks she’ll have over Rassohyna. In fact, she expects the Ukrainian to be fired up in her return to ONE.
“I feel like she’s gonna come out hungry,” Zamboanga said. “Her hunger to win will be there. Her inspiration would be her family for sure.”
