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Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Olsim beats Nguyen via UD in ONE atomweight bout

Olsim beats Nguyen via UD in ONE atomweight bout

Published Aug 28, 2021 07:35 am

Jenelyn Olsim of Team Lakay maintained her winning ways and scored a unanimous decision win against Vietnamese-American opponent Bi Nguyen in their atomweight mixed martial arts contest in ONE: Battleground III at the Singapore Indoor Stadium Friday, Aug. 27.

Jenelyn Olsim of Team Lakay tries to lock side control against Viet-American's Bi Nguyen in their atomweight mixed martial arts contest in ONE: Battleground III at the Singapore Indoor Stadium Friday, Aug. 27. (ONE Championship)

Olsim proved once again her improved fighting style with combinations of power striking and consistent ground game showing against Nguyen, this time also unleashing a couple of counterpunches to negate the Viet-American's aggressiveness.

After lots of ground game action in the first round, Olsim gained momentum and took the match by foot and unloaded a couple of knees before landing a solid right hook that sent Nguyen down the canvas.

Though unfazed, Nguyen held on despite Olsim's ground and pound punishment as coach Mark Sangiao can be heard giving instructions to his ward which prompted the Team Lakay stalwart to hammer down some elbow strikes and body shots and never let go until the second-round marker.

Nguyen bounced back late in the third frame after charging strong to take the match down the ground. But the 24-year-old Olsim stood back up with a speedy left high kick before both warriors exchanged punches.

With a minute to go and action slowing down, Nguyen scored a huge takedown after a massive hip toss and followed up with last-second ground and pound action from the Viet-American veteran.

"Sa ngayon 'yon 'yong mga pinaghirapan natin since pandemic last year. 'Yon 'yong mga pinaghusayan nila, mga wrestling and ground game. So mag-expect pa sila kasi masisipag talaga sila (That's the fruit of their labor. That's the result of their hard work amid the pandemic, the improved wrestling and ground game. So expect a lot since they are very hard working)," said Sangiao.

Early in the first round, Olsim and Nguyen had a fair share of ground game exhibition but the Igorot warrior nearly had the Viet-American on her grasp with an improvised gogoplata choke.

The win also resulted in Olsim being cast into the historic all-female ONE: Empower card and the women's atomweight world grand prix alternate bout against Thai-American Grace Cleveland.

The Team Lakay stalwart improved with five wins and two losses while Nguyen fell to a 6-7 record.

Olsim, for her part, said she will work more on her wrestling and conditioning after losing steam in the third round due to Nguyen's aggressiveness on the ground.

"More conditioning. Talaganang napanood ko nung third round. More on wrestling din kasi medyo nakailang takedown siya sa laban nung pinapanood ko kanina talagang kitang napapagod ako sa third round (I have to invest more on conditioning and wrestling. I reviewed my third round and Nguyen took me down a couple of times)," said Olsim. "Pero 'di naman siya sumusugod so tingin ko wala naman score 'yon (But she's not charging in anymore so I think that defeats her efforts)."

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