Malaysian Agilan Thani (right) beats Taiwan’s Jeff Huang in the One Championship Throne of Tigers welter weight match at Stadium Negara on Feb 10
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian mixed martial arts (MMA) exponent Agilan “Alligator” Thani’s (pic) bid to clinch the ONE welterweight world championship title only lasted slightly over two minutes after being outclassed by defending champion Ben “Funky” Askren of the United States.
Last night, the 21-year-old Agilan tapped out after the 32-year-old Askren locked him in an arm triangle at two minutes and twenty seconds into the first round of the ONE: Dynasty Of Heroes at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
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