Danny "The King" Kingad is preparing early with a full training camp for the fight against top-ranked flyweight MMA contender Adriano Moraes in ONE: 169 this November.
Third-ranked flyweight MMA contender Danny “The King” Kingad is now entering the critical point of his preparation for the rematch with top-ranked contender Adriano “Mikinho” Moraes.
The pair will meet again in a flyweight MMA bout at ONE 169: Atlanta on November 9 at State Farm Arena in ONE Championship’s debut in Georgia.
Kingad is entering this phase of his training in a camp that has so far been fruitful. After all, he found out about this fight more than a month ago.
“I’m starting to pick up on my training now. I’m entering the hard stage of my training,” he said.
“I started training early for this fight, and now I have the luxury to cover everything, particularly when it comes to grappling and submission attempts because I’m facing a very good grappler.”
After a late offer to fight Moraes the first time they met seven years ago, he now gets the luxury of a full training camp. And he believes that it will help him greatly in this rematch.
“Starting early is a huge advantage mainly because you won’t cram anything,” he said.
“Because you have time to focus on everything, you’re not worried too much about your conditioning. Now all you have to do is focus on the game plan.”
Kingad admitted that he struggled with his recovery process the last time out, but he’s hoping that he’s got it all figured out this time.
“In my last fight, I didn’t treat my recovery well, and I believe I’ve learned from it. I know what to do now having gone through it,” he said.
“My process back then, during the fight week, I relaxed too much. I rested too much on fight week and, come fight night, I was too stiff and slow. I should’ve moved more, I should’ve made sure to continue training."
“Now I know what to do because I know what to expect.”