ONE Championship: Liam Harrison ‘frustrated and heartbroken’ by quick Nong-O loss, but promises ‘it won’t end here’
- Harrison lost his Muay Thai title fight with champ Nong-O after suffering a leg injury just over two minutes into the first round
- Briton has received many messages of support from other fighters, including his countryman Tom Aspinall, who recently suffered a similar loss in the UFC
Liam Harrison is understandably disappointed by the outcome of his recent title fight with Nong-O Gaiyanghadao.
The 37-year-old Briton met Nong-O, ONE’s reigning Muay Thai bantamweight king, in the co-main event of the promotion’s debut on Prime Video last Saturday in Singapore.
In the lead-up, the bout was seen as a guaranteed thriller, but it was ultimately somewhat anticlimactic, as Nong-O chopped Harrison down with a leg kick in just over two minutes.
“Can’t describe how [expletive] frustrated I am,” Harrison wrote on his official Instagram page soon after the loss. “All that hard work for my knee to go in round one.
“Honestly feel like after years of hard work I’ve put in I deserve way better than this. [I] don’t just feel sorry for myself.
“The crowd, the fans and Nong-O all deserved better than this too. I’m frustrated and heartbroken, I’d have preferred to get knocked spark out than my knee just give way like this.
“Thanks for the messages and support it won’t end here for me I’ll be back.”