Nico Carrillo didn’t like how Bampara Kouyate gave up against Shadow: “It’s not acceptable”

Scottish annihilator Nico Carrillo pulled no punches when discussing Bampara Kouyate's supposed lack of heart against Shadow Singha Mawynn.

‘King of the North’ believes the French-Malian striker simply quit and buckled under pressure in his stoppage loss to the Thai striker at ONE Fight Night 35.

The Glasgow native doubted whether ‘Bambi’ has what it takes to succeed in the stacked featherweight Muay Thai division.

Carrillo shared in a recent sitdown with the South China Morning Post (SCMP):

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“I don't want to badmouth anybody, but it looked like he gave up, you know what I mean? At that level of fighting on this stage, I don't believe that you can hold your face and see if you're not knocked out, you don't get like three TKOs, you're out of the game, you get a body shot, and you take the lungs away from you. That's okay, you stopped like that, right?”

He continued:

“But giving up and not getting back up? In my opinion, it's not acceptable, and he's given up. So that's what I think of that fight.”

Meanwhile, Carrillo faces Luke ‘The Chef’ Lessei of the United States at ONE Fight Night 37 on Nov. 7 in Bangkok.

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Watch the full SCMP interview:

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Nico Carrillo believes he'll soon fight Shadow in a potential world title eliminator

Nico Carrillo believes he's a few wins away from securing a world title opportunity against undisputed ONE featherweight Muay Thai world champion Tawanchai PK Saenchai.

However, the 27-year-old KO machine reckons he'll run into Shadow Singha Mawynn sooner than later on his path to gold.

'King of the North' said in the same SCMP interview:

“Once Shadow and I fight, that will be like a title eliminator. And then hopefully by that time, Tawanchai will be ready to defend his Muay Thai belt again. That’s the way I could see it planning out.”

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Edited by Aziel Karthak