By Dan Paulo Errazo
The Philippines’ Jeremy “The Jaguar” Miado believes that respect is an important value for all mixed martial artists.
Miado will once more face Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke on 22 February at ONE: CALL TO GREATNESS in a highly-anticipated rematch.
Miado stopped Dejdamrong, a Muay Thai legend, with a single punch in the first round of their first encounter last March 2018. Miado seeks victory once again, with all efforts focused on defeating one of his idols.
“No matter which martial artist I go up against, whether he’s better than me or not, I should respect him as a martial artist,” Miado said.
The Filipino was still in college, pursuing a degree in Criminology, when he decided to take up Muay Thai. It was through his then coach that he learned a lesson more valuable than learning how to fight.
“My coach back in Bicol, Dante Madrideo [taught me the value of respect],” Miado said. “He was my first coach who really took me under his wing.”
“The Jaguar” embodies the value of respect in his daily life and with everyone he encounters in the gym, on the street, and in the cage.
“Not just as a martial artist, but as a regular person, respect is important. You won’t get respect if you don’t know how to give it,” Miado said.
“In the cage, if you don’t display this value, win or lose, people will not care. If you won, then good for you, but if you lost, then they would say that you had it coming.
“If you respect the people around you, win or lose, people will be proud of what you did in the cage. You can’t be respectful in the cage and be a different person in everyday life.”
Miado is happy performing with ONE Championship as the promotion drives the same values to all athletes and employees. He also gets a bigger audience as a steward of ONE promoting the organization’s core values.
“ONE Championship is a huge platform where millions of people are watching,” Miado said.
“If you display this value, people will respect you just the same.
“It is especially true against an opponent because you’re not really enemies outside the cage. Competing against each other is what we do, it is our sport, but outside of the cage, we’re all friends.”
Miado will be facing the former ONE Strawweight World Champion at the Singapore Indoor Stadium this Friday, and he is proud to have this rematch with one of the athletes he highly respects.
“I have great respect for him, because when I was starting, I was looking up to him,” he concluded.
“It is a huge honor for me to be able to be on the opposite side of the cage competing against him. That’s why I want to do my best in our match.”
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