​Former K-1 Champion Yuki Yoza has spent the past year climbing toward the top of the bantamweight kickboxing division, and one setback is not about to change that mission.The Japanese star steps back onto the global stage against Ben “The Problem” Woolliss at The Inner Circle 22, live from Bangkok’s legendary Lumpinee Stadium on Friday, July 17.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTheir bantamweight kickboxing duel and the rest of the Asia primetime card streams live to subscribers exclusively at live.onefc.com.Yoza carried a flawless five-year run into his first ONE World Title opportunity, including three straight promotional victories over Elbrus “The Samurai” Osmanov, former divisional kingpin Petchtanong Petchfergus, and ONE Flyweight Kickboxing World Champion “The Kicking Machine” Superlek.His winning streak came to an end at the hands of ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion Jonathan “The General” Haggerty, who beat him via unanimous decision at ONE SAMURAI 1 in Tokyo, Japan, this past April.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThat defeat has clearly stayed with the Team Vasileus man, and he views his upcoming matchup as the perfect opportunity to put that chapter behind him.The 28-year-old told onefc.com:“This is a fight that will allow me to break back into the world’s top tier. I have fallen a little behind the best in the world, so I need to make up that ground. This feels like a battle against many different things.“I am angry with myself and deeply frustrated about that loss to Haggerty. I want to show the full extent of that frustration in my next fight.”Standing between Yoza and that redemption is a fighter who has not exactly shown him respect. Woolliss has shared his thoughts on the Japanese ace’s striking, questioning just how much of a threat his arsenal poses.Yoza, in turn, has also sized up the Englishman. The read he has formed is not exactly flattering.The Tokyo resident continued:“He seems like a social media fighter. As in, I get the impression that numbers and metrics come first for him.“He lost his previous fight to Petchtanong. I know that kind of transitive logic does not necessarily apply, but I beat Petchtanong, and from what I have seen, Woolliss may be the type of fighter who thinks about comparisons like that.”Rather than dwell on words alone, he has channeled that frustration into preparation to ensure that the version of himself walking into “The Madison Square Garden of the East” this week is sharper than the one who left Tokyo empty-handed.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSome have speculated that the Brit could look to borrow a page from Haggerty’s own gameplan, given how effective it proved the first time around. However, Yoza has considered that possibility himself, and he does not plan to let history repeat itself.The Japanese kickboxer added:“Based on my last fight, I expect him to prepare a specific strategy. But that kind of fight unfolded becau