British Muay Thai striker and WBC middleweight Muay Thai champion Liam Nolan will come out of retirement and return to face old foe Nauzet Trujillo at ONE Fight Night 31 after a shock retirement after losing to Trujillo back in early 2024. Liam Nolan returns to settle the score against his old Spanish foe.
Liam Nolan will give an interview to discuss his return, what drove him to return to the ONE Championship ring, and how the boss, Chatri Sityodtong, helped inspire his comeback.
“Chatri had just finished ONE 170 and still took the time to reach out and call me the next day. He just asked me what was going on and told me he believed in me. He broke down his story with rising through ONE, and how he started with no money, and how he turned it around. It was an inspiring story.
“It was a good feeling, having the boss call me like that. He told me he’d get me a fight in May and organize it personally. He was a man of his word. Everything he said he’d do he came through on. So I can’t thank him enough for that.”
Liam Nolan also went on to explain his difficulties learning and adapting to the MMA gloves-style Muay Thai that ONE had brought to the mainstream of combat sports.
“Maybe the style has taken a bit of time to adapt to. I was more of a technical guy, and ONE is more demanding with the smaller gloves. I think it’s just taken more time for me to wrap my head around it.”
“I was always a slow learner, in everything, even my junior fights. But I’ve fought some of the world’s best in this style with the smaller gloves now. I’m not that 21-year-old kid anymore. So, given time, it will come.”
Liam Nolan looks for revenge and Redemption against Nauzet Trujillo.
At only 27 years of age, Liam Nolan’s shock retirement shook up the Muay Thai world, as the United Kingdom lost one of its best and brightest. But now, with his life back on track and with help from the boss, Liam Nolan is looking to rebuild and chase gold in ONE’s lightweight division. His first target is the man who retired him, Nauzet Trujillo.
