ONE Championship: Jonathan Haggerty, Fabricio Andrade to fight for vacant kickboxing title

Bantamweight Muay Thai king takes on bantamweight MMA champion at ONE Fight Night 15 on October 7 in Bangkok, source says

Briton Haggerty promises to ‘make history again’ but Andrade tells him ‘you’re getting knocked out’ as promotion confirms bout

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Fabricio Andrade (left) and Jonathan Haggerty will face for the vacant kickboxing title. Photo: ONE Championship

Published: 10:10pm, 8 Aug 2023Updated: 2:54pm, 9 Aug 2023

Jonathan Haggerty will fight Fabricio Andrade for the vacant ONE Championship kickboxing title, with both men having a chance to become a two-sport champion

“The General” will take on Brazil’s “Wonder Boy” on October 7 at ONE Fight Night 15 in Bangkok at the Thai capital’s famed Lumpinee Stadium, a source told the Post on Tuesday.

Singapore-based martial arts promotion ONE confirmed the fight on Wednesday.

The card will be headlined by another title fight, with Tawanchai PK Saenchai set to defend his featherweight Muay Thai belt against former kickboxing champ Superbon Singha Mawynn.

“We’re about to make history again,” Haggerty, who stunned Nong-O Hama with a first round TKO to win the bantamweight Muay Thai title in February, wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday confirming he had signed his bout agreement.

Jonathan Haggerty lands a left hook on Nong-O Hama at ONE Fight Night 9 in Bangkok before capturing the bantamweight Muay Thai title.

“Thank you ONE Championship and Chatri [Sityodtong, ONE chairman and CEO] for believing in me and giving me such opportunities.”

“He thinks he’s making history. He’s going to get knocked out,” Andrade wrote after the Post broke the news of the fight.

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