George Jarvis relives knockout of Rungrawee at ONE Fight Night 44

He went down in round one and was back on his feet before anyone could blink. By the end of round two, Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong was the one who couldn’t answer.

George Jarvis knocked out Rungrawee by left hook at 1:59 of round two in the main event of ONE Fight Night 44 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, June 26, improving to 29-5. The early knockdown that opened the fight was, in the Brit’s own words, completely inconsequential.

“No, it wasn’t a knockdown that hurt me at all. It was just more off balance. I wasn’t stunned or hurt at all. It was just a good-timed shot, and these things happen. It’s no problem,” he said.

Jarvis and coach Paulo da Silva entered this fight with a shorter camp than usual, around four to five weeks. He says that limitation proved an advantage: with less time for overcomplication, they focused on what works. Pressure, clean boxing, movement. The same formula that has produced results throughout his run in ONE Championship.

“Yeah, I had a great camp. A little bit shorter than normal. We only had about four or five weeks, which was a little bit shorter, but if anything, it was good because we didn’t have too long to do too many crazy things. We kept it simple. I work a lot with my coach, Paulo da Silva. So, we kept things very simple, did what we needed to do, and it worked, so I’m very happy. We kept that pressure style, good boxing, good movement, and it worked again. Another one bites the dust,” he said.

George Jarvis is far from finished

George Jarvis had a plan for the body and a plan for the guard. The left hook over the top was always going to be the finish — it was just a matter of creating the conditions for it to land.

He rates the overall performance a four or five out of ten and is unbothered by that self-assessment. The knockout is not the point. The point is the gap between what he showed and what he is still capable of.

“No, it’s not my best. It’s far from my best. I’ll give this a four or five out of 10. Yeah, I won by knockout, but there are still a lot of things that I need to work on. If it was a 10 out of 10, then I’d be knocking him out in 10 seconds,” he said.

“So, there is no finished product yet. I’m still learning. I’m still trying to explore everything we do inside training into the fight. Of course, I’m not the finished article yet, but I’ve got a lot more to give and a lot more to show. So when I finally get that 10 out of 10, everyone’s going to be in a lot of trouble.”