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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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January 22, 2018
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MANILA – Iloilo City native Rene Catalan posted another victory after defeating Peng Xue Wen of China via second-round technical knockout in ONE Championship: Kings of Courage in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Catalan (4-2) hopes to land a shot at a ONE FC world championship this year after the Saturday night fight.
“I am exerting a tremendous amount of effort in training. I want to keep on winning,” Catalan said. “My goal is to compete for the ONE Strawweight World Championship.”
Catalan had a strong start landing big hooks and head kicks before unloading well-placed uppercuts and leg kicks. Peng, however, managed to hang on at the end of the opening round.
Peng nearly finished off Catalan with a triangle choke in the second round but the Filipino freed himself from submission and unloaded a ground and pound to beat the Chinese fighter (1-2).
“I really hope ONE Championship will give me an opportunity to vie for the title in the future,” said Catalan, 39. “This win might be the door to a world title contest. Let us all hope for the best.”/PN
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