5 years later.

Sagat was training extremely hard despite the extreme weather, which is not unusual for Sagat. His fighting spirit burns like no other and he would train all day, whatever the conditions.

"Sagat!"

"Yes, Coach?"

"Come here."

Sagat approached his Coach.

"You have a match coming up."

"Against who?"

"Nuah Kahn. Have you heard of him?"

"Of course, he has the title of "God of Muay Thai"!"

"Heh, he does indeed, but he won't for long."

"Hm?"

"Your match vs Nuah Kahn will be for the title of "God of Muay Thai"!"

"W-what did you just say!?" Sagat was caught extremely off guard.

"You heard what I said."

Sagat couldn't believe it, he would fight for Nuah Kahn's title!

"Thank you, Coach!"

"Hm? For what?"

"Thank you for training me! Thanks to you, I have the opportunity to become the greatest Muay Thai fighter in the world!"

"Ahahahahahahaha! No problem, boy! Prove to the world that you are the greatest!"

"Yes, Coach!"

3 months later.

Sagat warmed up in his dressing room with his Coach.

"How're you feeling? You nervous?" Coach asked.

"Yes, very much so, but there is no need to worry. I can win this match." Sagat replied being extremely truthful.

"That's right! You can and you will!"

"Hey, it's time to fight." A man informed Sagat and Coach.

Sagat and Coach walked towards the steps to the arena. On the way, right before the steps there were damp marks on the wall. Sagat lifhtly punched the wall where the damp marks were.

"I see you know why them damp marks are there." Coach said.

"Yes, I do. They are there because fighters lightly punch the wall to relieve stress before a fight."

"That's right. Come on, we have to go."

"Right."

The pair walked to the arena.

Sagat's ears started ringing from the overwhelming amount of cheers and applause from the audience. All he could focus on was the ring.

Sagat entered the ring.

"Sagat, listen here."

Sagat turned his attention to Coach.

"He is a strong opponent, do not underestimate him. His kicks are extremely powerful, but are also slower than the average kick. For the first round just focus on getting his rhythm and timing down."

"Got it!"

Sagat turned around to find Nuah Kahn standing in the opposite corner. They were both ready to fight.

Ding ding ding!

"Remember what I told you, Sagat!"

Sagat slowly approached Nuah Kahn, Kahn did the exact same.

Jab, jab, jab, jab, jab, cross! Kahn unleashed a flurry of punches!

"Dammit, he has a strong cross. I will have to look out for that as well as his kicks."

Sagat concentrated on Kahn's rhythm and timing for the entirety of Round 1.

Ding ding ding!

Round 1 was over. Sagat and Kahn walked over to their respective corners.

"Did you get his timing and rhythm down?"

"Yes, I know it perfectly."

"Good! That will be a huge advantage to us."

"My thoughts exactly."

"Do you have a plan?"

"I'm going to unleash my full strength onto him, it is risky to do so this early into the match, but I want to finish this as soon as possible."

"I see. Well you are the one in the ring, it is your call."

"Right."