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Arjan “Singh” Bhullar has waited for this opportunity for a long time, and now that it’s within reach, he doesn’t plan on wasting it.
The Indian-Canadian Olympic wrestler finally gets his shot at gold when he takes on ONE heavyweight world champion Brandon “The Truth” Vera in the main event of the previously recorded ONE: DANGAL, which airs this Saturday, May 15, on One Sports.
Bhullar kept himself in shape throughout all the postponements brought upon the COVID-19 pandemic, and with a date now set, the 34-year-old is more than ready to face “The Truth.”
“My greatest strength is my insights, which allow me to train daily, weekly, and yearly. For as long as I have, I stay disciplined all the time – not just when I have a fight booked or I have a competition coming up. I keep my eye on the prize,” Bhullar told ONEFC.com.
“This is my life, my priority, and my life’s work, and I take it very, very seriously. There is nothing more important to me in my life and no other priority, so my insights will separate me from [Vera].
“Skills are great, and being faster and stronger, all those things [are helpful]. But when you have a war of attrition, it’s the insights that always come out, and that’s going to be the difference in this fight.”
That doesn’t mean he expects Vera to just roll over and hand the belt to him.
He knows the Filipino-American world champion will come in very prepared, especially since Vera has been itching to return to the ONE Circle himself after a foiled attempt in becoming a two-division world champion at ONE: CENTURY II.
At this point, Bhullar knows Vera won’t give up his only belt easily.
“He is older, but he’s undefeated as a heavyweight champion in ONE. He’s been a champ for a very long time now, and he stopped every one of his opponents [at heavyweight], so he’s very dangerous and very experienced. He’s dangerous everywhere,” Bhullar said.
“He’s good everywhere, and he’s very experienced with his kickboxing, his muay thai, his kicks, his knees, and his elbows. He’s good off his back, too. He’s been in the game a long, long time, and you must be ready to go in all places.”
But as much as he respects Vera’s game, Bhullar is confident he’ll walk out of the Singapore Indoor Stadium as the division’s newest king – with the world title firmly resting on his shoulder.
“The outcome of this fight will be a stoppage for me and with my arm raised,” Bhullar said.
“The stoppage will be standing up or on the ground, me pounding him out. It depends on the [path of] least resistance he shows, the way he will concede easily. But it will be my hands on his face and his body, and him conceding victory to my will.” – Rappler.com
Catch ONE: DANGAL on ONE Sports or ONE Sports+ at 6 pm Philippine Standard Time (PHT) on Saturday, May 25. It also airs simultaneously on the ONE Super App.
TV5 will have an encore presentation at 12 am PHT on Sunday, May 16.
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