Cageside commentator Michael Schiavello called it the wildest round ever seen in combat sports, and with five knock-downs inside three minutes he may have been right. Liam Harrison earned himself not just a double US$100,000 performance bonus, but a bantamweight Muay Thai title shot after picking himself up off the canvas twice to put Muangthai PK. Saenchai down three times for the victory at ONE Championship 156 on Friday night in Singapore. “This is nuts, this is crazy – you crazy, freaky man,” Schiavello screamed from the broadcast booth. “I’ve been commentating kick-boxing and Muay Thai since 1994. I thought I’d seen it all, I’ve never seen anything like that.” 🔥 @LiamBadco fires back with THREE KNOCKDOWNS to finish "Elbow Zombie" #ONE156 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/jR6XTECZHV — ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) April 22, 2022 “The Hitman” looked seconds away from the end after being dropped two times early on, with Muangthai swarming for the finish. But Harrison unleashed a barrage and dropped the 28-year-old, who had come back from two years out retired, with a left hook. He then planted the Thai veteran again with an uppercut, setting up a thrilling finale. It was anyone’s game with around a minute to go, and Harrison sealed the deal with one more knockdown, before charging wildly around the ONE Circle in celebration. ONE 156: Meksen dominates Ruumet, calls out Todd “I blinked and I was on the floor,” Harrison told Mitch Chilson in his post-fight interview. “I thought, ‘What’s going on here?’ I got up and I was on the floor again. I thought, ‘I’ve got to bite down on my gum shield’. I’m from a rough part of Leeds – we go to war, and that’s what I did.” “It woke me up,” he added. “I was still trying to work him out. I thought, ‘I’ve got nothing to lose here now, I’ve just got to go for it’. If you injure a lion, they’re more dangerous. If I get hurt, you won’t see me back off. I’ll stand and fight until he goes down or I go down.” The 36-year-old Englishman’s efforts earned him a double bonus from Chatri Sityodtong – just the second time the ONE chairman and CEO has handed out such a large sum. “I know my fiancé is watching this so that’s probably already been spent, because I know what she’s like,” Harrison said, laughing. He also booked himself a fight with the division’s fearsome champion, Nong-O Gaiyanghadao. “Can I just say, that performance is not down to a six-to-eight week training camp,” Harrison said. “That was 23 years of hard work, dedication, sacrifice, and determination that has been leading me to this moment.” “It’s my destiny to hold this title, the greatest title in combat sports. I love this stage,” he added. “I’m under no illusions, I’m coming to the back end of my career. All this won’t work soon, and I’ll be an old geezer in a wheelchair. I won’t be able to get out of bed. But right now I’m a beast – don’t have me waiting too long.”