Meet the ONE Championship trainer coaching some of the hottest talent in the game
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From Bangkok to Tokyo, the gym has produced world champions, viral knockouts, and a growing sense that something special is happening.
'We work different,' Zatout told the Post. 'We train hard, but we also train smart.
'We're a team. We help each other, we push each other, but always with respect.'
Zatout, a former world champion, now leads one of Asia's top camps. His stable includes Bampara 'Bambi' Kouyate, Muhamad Siasirani, and Abdulla 'Smash Boy' Dayakaev, who recently delivered a 24-second finish at ONE Fight Night 33 – the fastest knockout in the promotion's Muay Thai history.
But it is Nabil Anane, the newly crowned ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world champion, who has become the face of the gym's rise.
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