Rōdtang Jitmuangnon’s run in the ONE Flyweight Muaythai World Grand Prix ended on Friday, Nov. 13, when Nong-O Hama beat him by unanimous decision at Lumpinee Stadium. The loss sent Nong-O on to the semi-finals and closed one route Rōdtang had been pursuing back toward the flyweight crown he once held.
The result turned on a fight that shifted after Nong-O landed the cleanest shot of the bout and dropped the 29-year-old in the second round. Rōdtang got right back on Nong-O and drove the pace through a rough stretch that left both men marked up by the end of the round, but Nong-O had done enough across the fight to win on all three scorecards.
Rōdtang moved quickly after the final bell to speak to supporters, posting a message that combined apology with resolve. “I’m truly sorry for letting you down. I gave it everything I had. I feel deeply disappointed and heartbroken,” he wrote, before adding that if his fans still wanted him to keep fighting, he would be ready to step back in for every single one of them who still loves and believes in him.
That is what made the defeat land harder than a single loss usually does. Rōdtang had been trying to chart another path back to the top of the flyweight division, and this was the bracket that could have kept that door open. Instead, Nong-O, 40, moves forward to face Shimon for a seat in the finals, while Rōdtang is left waiting on what comes next and whether there will be another fight booked for him at all.
For now, the answer is not in the result itself but in the way he framed it: heartbroken, apologetic and still willing, if the support is there, to fight again.
