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Narantungalag Jadambaa: “It is My Payback Fight to Have My Revenge”
On Friday Night, 11 November, Mongolian hero Narantungalag Jadambaa will square off against undisputed ONE Featherweight World Champion Marat “Cobra” Gafurov for his belt at ONE: DEFENDING HONOR, live from the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
This will be a rematch of their electric title unification contest from a year ago and this time, Jadambaa plans to seek retribution.
“It is my payback fight to have my revenge,” the 40-year-old Jadambaa says. “That is what makes this fight interesting to me, because not every fighter in the cage has such an opportunity to get back what once belonged to them.”
The bout should live up to the hype. After all, their battle from last year is one of the most talked-about title fights in ONE Championship’s history.
In November 2015, at ONE: DYNASTY OF CHAMPIONS (BEIJING II), Jadambaa held the featherweight belt and fought Gafurov, then the interim champion, in his first title defense. The Mongolia native started off strongly by stifling his opponent’s takedowns, assailing him with a plethora of strikes, and outpointing him in the clinch game.
However, in the second stanza, the Russian Gafurov scored a takedown, locked in an excruciatingly tight armbar and looked to have the fight wrapped up right there. Miraculously, Jadambaa escaped, but had to fight of submission attempt after attempt before somehow getting back to his feet.
“When I was under the armbar from my back in the second round, I was very worried that I was going to lose this way. I was thinking there was no way to get out,” he recalls. “But managing to escape from each armbar and difficult situation made my opponent very frustrated.”
“Tungaa” took advantage of his opponent’s exhaustion and frustration. He stuffed a Gafurov takedown in the third stanza, dominated the clinch with an energy-draining lean-and-knee tactic, and battered him with powerful punches.
Nearly halfway through the fourth round, however, Gafurov got his second wind. “Cobra” took Jadambaa’s back and put him to sleep with his signature rear-naked choke, thus winning the bout, unifying the belts, and leaving a beloved veteran and his nation of fans heartbroken.
“I was depressed because a lot of Mongolians were there to watch,” he says. “Because of that atmosphere, I was psychologically affected. I was worried and lost some energy.”
Despite the loss, he put on quite the show against Gafurov. Jadambaa wanted to rally his fans behind him again, and the only way he could do that was to begin his road to redemption.
Following the defeat and some much needed time off, the judo and Kyokushin karate black belt resurfaced in May when he took on former ONE Lightweight World Champion Kotetsu Boku at ONE: ASCENT OF POWER. “Tungaa” was able to submit Boku with a rare Von Flue choke in the third round.
The former champ then had a quick turnaround when he faced Eric Kelly at ONE: DYNASTY OF CHAMPIONS (HEFEI) two months later. Jadambaa marched up to his rival and knocked him out with a thunderous right cross in 44 seconds flat.
With such dominant performances, in addition to the fireworks he put on just a year earlier, the Mongolia native was granted a rematch with Marat Gafurov for the ONE Featherweight World Championship at the upcoming ONE: DEFENDING HONOR card.
On paper, Gafurov may have a bit of an edge. The Dagestan, Russia, hero has a flawless 14-0 record and a dangerous ground game, thanks to his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and world-class grappling.
Jadambaa may have improved on the ground since they last met in the cage, but Gafurov already owns a hard-earned victory over Jadambaa, giving him the psychological advantage. But while it is easy to assume the 31-year-old “Cobra” has youth on his side, Jadambaa feels being the older and wiser competitor at age 40 is more beneficial.
“My experience, my life, my age makes me try harder than ever before and focus on my training to accomplish my dreams. The last two fights made it even clearer that my experience and age are to my advantage, as well as confidence in myself,” the Mongolian explains.
“I have been through many things in cage fighting. I never thought that my experience was an advantage, but now I am fully aware of what I am capable of. I understand it.”
Jadambaa also understands what a golden opportunity he has been afforded. This is his ideal scenario for retribution because he can regain the belt from the man who snatched it from him.
“Of course, it would be a pleasure if I get my revenge against him.”
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Homework-for-a-fee thrives online
The market for tuition and other academic services like the trade of school notes, exam papers and textbooks is flourishing here, aided by the growth of mobile applications and online classified listings.
However, a black market run by individuals promising to complete graded school essays and assignments for a fee also continues to thrive on these platforms – despite the risk of expulsion from their schools for students who use such services.
Rates start at $100 for every 1,000 words, with additional charges if it is a rush job.
Some guarantee students from polytechnics and universities here grades of at least a B.
A Straits Times check found at least 30 users on online marketplaces like Carousell and Gumtree hawking such services, in addition to three websites targeted at Singapore students offering to complete assignments for a fee.
While some of these sellers appear to be based overseas, most seem to be local students or working adults.
In addition to essays on subjects like business, healthcare, marketing and economics for polytechnic and university students, they also say they can complete course work for project work, a graded subject at the A levels.
Students can request revisions of essays, and are promised that the work will be plagiarism-free to avoid detection of cheating.
There are also posts offering to finish coursework for art at the N and O levels, or programming assignments for computer science students.
A seller on Carousell claimed on his page that he has completed close to 900 essays for students over the past two years.
In a public review seen on Carousell, a student who appeared to be from private school SIM Global Education said she had received 93 out of 100 marks for an “outsourced” essay, which was completed in a day.
A recent polytechnic graduate, who declined to be named, said she, along with two friends, had paid for essays in their design-based marketing and communications subjects.
“We would get at least a B for them, which is quite good since design courses are hard to score in,” she added.
Kaplan and SIM GE said a student who passes off another’s work as his own could face penalties, from marks deduction to expulsion.
Rules related to academic misconduct are also included in student handbooks at Kaplan, SIM GE and the polytechnics.
Rhys Johnson, senior vice-president and provost of Kaplan Singapore, said it has processes to detect cheating.
For example, a student who scores highly in his course work assignments but then gets a low mark in the exam may be investigated.
However, cases of students getting others to do their assignments are hard to prove, said a SIM GE spokesman.
Some sellers have also introduced measures to help students avoid detection.
One in his mid-30s, who is based here and declined to be named, tells clients to edit the work after he sends it back to them so that it matches their style or level of understanding.
He does not think of his work as unethical. “We only wish to ease the burden of schoolwork and not to help students pass one assignment after another, which would give some an unfair advantage.”
yuensin@sph.com.sg
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Body of Singaporean who drowned while kayaking in Malaysia found
TAPAH – The body of a Singaporean who drowned after falling into the Sungai Tesong river in Perak has been found.
Mr Koh Kah Wei, 30, had been kayaking with a group of friends from Singapore at Sungai Tesong at Felda Sungai Klah near Sungkai, on Saturday (Oct 29) when his kayak hit a piece of driftwood and overturned, the Fire and Rescue Department said.
The department told The Straits Times that Mr Koh’s body was found at 3.15pm, with his shirt stuck between rocks. The body was found 1km from the site of the drowning, and it has been sent to a hospital for post-mortem.
The search along the river on Sunday (Oct 30) was hampered by bad weather. The Fire and Rescue Department received a distress call on the incident on Saturday at about 4.50pm.
Mr Nadzir Razak, the Fire and Rescue Department chief for Bidor in Perak, told The Straits Times Mr Koh’s friends had tried to help him but he was swept away by the strong currents.
“He lost control of the kayak and hit a driftwood. The kayak overturned and the victim is believed to be stuck between pieces of wood,” Mr Nadzir said.
He said a 30-man team conducted a surface search at three sites. “It’s a long river and a difficult search. We started at the site where the victim fell and moved downstream,” he said.
A spokesman from Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “The Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur is in contact with the local authorities regarding this incident, and is extending consular assistance to the family of the Singaporean.”
This article was first published on Oct 30, 2016.
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