Elliott eyes 'life-changing' ONE world title shot with win over Erdogan

ONE Fight Night 48 on Friday, October 2 also features Luke Lessei versus Charlie Guest in a hugely important Muay Thai match in terms of the featherweight title picture - as the winner could push for a crack at Nico Carrillo's belt

Paul Elliott is eyeing a 'life-changing' world title shot should he come through his ONE Championship heavyweight bout with Shamil Erdogan, but stopped short of promising another record-breaking knockout.

The Middlesbrough-born fighter takes on Erdogan at ONE Fight Night 48 on Friday, October 2, with the winner possibly earning a shot at the vacant ONE heavyweight MMA world title, which was last held by Anatoly Malykhin before he retired.

Elliott holds an 8-2 record, earning all of his wins by knockout, entering the history books in June when he tied the fastest knockout in ONE history by stopping Regan Upshaw in six seconds.

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"I'm probably going to struggle to match that I think," Elliott told Sky Sports . "Don't get me wrong, as soon as the bell goes, I do try to finish fights - I'm known for doing that.

"But he's obviously aware of that now, so he's probably going to keep himself in a defensive position past 10 seconds at least."

The 34-year-old has won his last four fights in a row, but is now set for his stiffest challenge yet in the form of the Erdogan, two years his senior who was born in Russia but who now represents Turkey.

"I think it's going to be a great fight," Elliott said. "He's super skilful, I'm super skilful.

"Because he's quite well-rounded, I think it will probably go past round one.

"He's pretty resilient, so although I'm very explosive and fast, he's technically sound. It might be a bit of a chess match.

"He's probably going to try and wrestle me. I could be wrong, but I think that's what he's going to try and do."

"We'll both be super switched on and I think it will probably be a razor-thin win for one of us.

"I don't think it's going to be a draw, I don't think it's going to go the distance.