Hello fight fans, and welcome to ONE Championship Daily News—your frontline seat to the world’s best martial arts action.Surging Swiss standout Maurice Abevi is continuing to level up his game ahead of his pivotal lightweight MMA showdown with undefeated Russian destroyer Alibeg Rasulov at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.The contenders will lock horns on June 6 in U.S. primetime at ONE Fight Night 32 on Prime Video as they each aim to earn a shot at divisional kingpin Christian “The Warrior” Lee.After dropping a hard-fought decision loss in his promotional debut, Abevi has rattled off a trio of lopsided victories, most recently handing Samat Mamedov the first defeat of his career with a first-round stoppage.Clearly, Abevi is at the top of his game. The 25-year-old shared that his momentum has given him plenty of confidence – and that he’s only improving from fight to fight:“I feel amazing. I feel like my mind is in the right place. I love the process of training and getting better and seeing results. I’m just riding the wave. I’m doing my best every day, and that’s where the results are coming from. The people are seeing the developments from me every time I get in there. I’m just a good fighter, and you can’t deny me.”With his unique blend of dynamic striking and elite grappling, Abevi brings a supremely well-rounded approach to the talent-laden lightweight MMA division.He also knows that his opponent’s wrestling and relentless pacing will present a stiff test. After all, Rasulov was the last man to challenge Lee for 26 pounds of gold. Although that bout ended in a no contest due to an accidental eye poke, the unbeaten Turkish star proved that he belongs.Despite giving credit, Abevi thinks Rasulov can sometimes be recklessly aggressive – a trait he hopes to exploit at ONE Fight Night 32:“I think his strength is his unorthodox style. He has good cardio and good wrestling. He’s overall very well put together and fights for every position well. But I think he overextends himself sometimes, and that’s where I’ll capitalize. I think I’m more controlled than him. He’s more chaotic and dangerous, but that also makes him exploitable.”Ultimately, Abevi is confident that he’s the man to hand Rasulov his first loss.In terms of tactics and strategy, the Swiss fighter plans to drag his foe into deep waters and finish him in the final five minutes:“I think I can expose some holes in his game that nobody else has been able to, and I’m excited to show that. I think I’ll stop him in the third round by TKO. I think it’s just a matter of time to break him down across the earlier rounds, then I’ll stop him in the third round.”Considering Maurice Abevi’s prediction of a late-round finish against Alibeg Rasulov, it’s no surprise that he’s invested more time and energy into his fitness.To that end, Abevi has enlisted the help of a professional to monitor his overall physical conditioning, and he’s already seeing the benefits:“I have a new strength and conditioning and physio coach called Fabian. He helps me with injury prevention, cardio training. That’s a piece of the puzzle that I’ve added for this camp, and I can already notice how much progress has come from it.”Both Rasulov and Abevi have proven themselves capable of maintaining a high-octane pace for a full 15 minutes of combat.Abevi, though, is determined to be the more conditioned athlete on June 6:“Rasulov is known for his energy levels, so I have to keep mine up. I have proven I can dig deep and go into the later rounds already, but I want to be able to go even better for even longer.”That’s it for this episode of the ONE Championship Daily News. Thanks for listening—see you in the next episode!