Rodtang Jitmuangnon converts to Islam to marry Muslim girlfriend

Rodtang Jitmuangnon, the reigning ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion, has transformed to Islam to marry his Muslim girlfriend Aida Looksaikongdin, who can be a Muay Thai participant. Rodtang Jitmuangnon married his girlfriend and fellow fighter Aida Looksaikongdin in a standard Muslim Nikah final week in Thailand. The Thai sportsman introduced in a reside video on Instagram that he has taken Shahadah and had change into a full-time Muslim post-wedding.

It is notable that Muay Thai is a standard Thai fight sport, and it’s also often known as Thai Boxing. Rodtang Jitmuangnon is without doubt one of the finest gamers within the sport, and he at the moment competes within the Singapore-based ONE Championship.

Jitmuangnon posted an Instagram reside video three days in the past through which he was seen with an interpreter who confirmed that the Muay Thai king was now a Muslim. “Also just to clarify, he is Muslim now, he is full Muslim. He took a Shahadah and became Muslim,” the interpreter added.

During the Instagram reside broadcast, certainly one of his followers occurred to verify the event and requested him whether or not he was a Muslim now. “Are you Muslim?” the fan requested to which Rodtang replied saying, “yeah, Alhamdulillah (praise be to God)”. “We make it brother, he is Muslim now,” his interpreter additional confirmed.

According to the experiences, 25-year-old Rodtang Jitmuangnon had been ordained as a Buddhist monk only a month in the past. He additionally had joined a monastery for 2 weeks and had shaved his head in a standard ceremony in January 2023.

He had additionally posted movies on Instagram final month the place he was seen within the attires of a Buddhist monk.

Meanwhile, his followers congratulated him for his wedding ceremony together with his fellow fighter and likewise welcomed him to Islam. Reports point out that contemplating his two vital battles scheduled over the subsequent months, the sportsman might want to flip his consideration to the Circle. Rodtang’s subsequent struggle will happen on March 24 when ONE Championship involves the Singapore Indoor Stadium for ONE Fight Night 8 which shall be proven on Prime Video.

In a extremely anticipated superfight, “The Iron Man” Rodtang will take towards the just lately minted ONE flyweight kickboxing world champion Superlek Kiatmoo9. After that, he’ll head to Denver within the US to struggle within the first-ever ONE Championship to be held within the USA. There, he’ll struggle towards Mexico’s Edgar Tabaress, a first-time fighter for ONE, at ONE Fight Night 10.

However, because of the two large upcoming matches, Rodtang Jitmuangnon postponed his deliberate seminar tour from February 18 to March 4 within the USA. His final struggle was in Bangkok, the place he defeated China’s Jiduo Yibu at ONE Fight Night 6 on 14 January. The Muay Thai champion has mentioned that his subsequent objective is to assert the kickboxing belt, for which he might want to defeat the present champion Superlek Kiatmoo9 in his subsequent match.