ONE Championship: Jonathan Haggerty warns Fabricio Andrade ‘if you want it, you can have it’ after ‘easy’ Nong-O KO
- Haggerty wins ONE bantamweight Muay Thai title with stunning first-round knockout of legendary champion Nong-O on Saturday in Bangkok
- Briton now welcomes challenges from Muay Thai contenders Felipe Lobo and Liam Harrison, or bantamweight MMA champion Andrade
Jonathan Haggerty barely broke a sweat in his ONE Championship title fight with Nong-O Hama.
The 26-year-old Briton challenged the Thai legend for the promotion’s coveted bantamweight Muay Thai belt in the headlining attraction of Saturday’s ONE Fight Night 9 event at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok.
The champion had already defended his belt seven times heading into the fight, and was considered a big favourite in the match-up, but Haggerty did not get the memo, scoring two knock-downs before ending it for good with a blistering punching combination.
He needed less than three minutes to make it happen.
“I’m excited and I’m over the moon,” he told the Post after his title-winning KO over Nong-O, who is considered one of the greatest fighters in Muay Thai history. “To beat Nong-O – I feel like he was the boy, he ruled Muay Thai – to do what I did, to not only beat him but knock him out, I guess I’m the boy now.
