Rubén Rondón demolishes a new barrier – Spain’s News

A few days have passed since the fight and Rubén Rondón, always accompanied by his manager and trainer Antonio Ricobaldi, still shows the aftermath of a blow to his left eye. Nothing I can’t cure in a few days. Nothing to stop her from continuing her advertising modeling career that runs parallel to the one that works in the cage. In Fontanar, Guadalajara province, he climbed one more step in his aspiration to reach the top of martial arts and became world champion of K1 by the WKN (World Kickboxing Network) by defeating the Italian Samuele De Francesco in the evening Men of Honor 117 organized by Chinto Mordillo, president of the Spanish Association of Mixed Martial Arts (AEMMA).

The evening was a confrontation between Spain and Italy in which three other international belts were at stake, which ended up in the hands of the Spanish-Bosnian, Zejna Krantick, the Spanish-Moroccan Omar el Vizier Bourba and the Italian Annabruna Rados.

«Moments before going out to the cage you are afraid. Not to get hurt but to disappoint the people who have bet on you», says Rubén Rondón. But “El Anniquilador”, as the fighter from Valladolid is known, does not disappoint. AND despite the Italian’s cunning, he came out of the cage with the international champion belt.

The Italian’s irregularities were unleashed in the second round, when De Francesco was already aware of his inferiority to Rondón. He stopped the fight and He even hit the Spanish fighter in the neck, a prohibited maneuver that was reflected in the scores.

In the third round there was no truce and Rubén Rondón, always well led by Antonio Ricobaldi, deployed his entire arsenal to liquidate to the Italian, who went to the canvas twice. The public’s spirits impelled Rubén, that he did everything he needed to to keep the belt. «Of course the spirit of the people is noticeable. It gives you a lot of strength when you’re in there,” admits the champion.