Jonathan Haggerty retained his ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world championship in an early Combat of the 12 months contender towards Brazilian knockout artist Felipe Lobo at ONE Combat Night time 19 on Prime Video.
Haggerty appeared to take management of the ring and create distance along with his signature push kick from the get-go, but it surely was only a matter of time earlier than the ‘Demolition Man’ would discover his manner inside and explode. That’s precisely what Lobo did, delivering an onslaught of strikes to the pinnacle and physique of the defending champ within the second half of the opening spherical.
A sneaky uppercut lastly put Haggerty on the mat with lower than a minute to go within the first, however ‘The Common’ answered the depend and pressed on.
Within the second, Haggerty and Lobo threw warning to the wind, delivering probably the most unbelievable rounds in fight sports activities historical past. Each males blasted the opposite with fight-ending bombs, however neither man would go down. In the long run, Haggerty managed to ship Lobo crashing to the canvas with a counter left that hit his opponent on the button.
With the struggle doubtless tied after two rounds, Haggerty determined he’d had sufficient and uncorked a nasty overhand proper lower than a minute into the third that put Felipe Lobo away for good.
Official End result: Jonathan Haggerty def. Felipe Lobo through KO (overhand proper) at 0:45 of Spherical 3 to retain the ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world championship.
