ONE 171: Qatar has solely simply been introduced however that hasn’t stopped ONE Championship from getting began on including bouts to the fold.
On Thursday, 20 February, 2025, ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion Jonathan Haggerty will defend his crown in opposition to #1-ranked contender Wei Rui inside Lusail Sports activities Enviornment.
Haggerty loved a meteoric rise to bantamweight superstardom in 2023. He kicked issues off within the division with a stunning knockout of former bantamweight Muay Thai king Nong-O Hama in April to say the crown.
The next November, he added the division’s vacant kickboxing crown to his listing with a thunderous stoppage of bantamweight MMA king Fabricio Andrade, turning into a two-sport ONE World Champion.
However after dropping his Muay Thai crown to Thai megastar Superlek Kiatmoo9 this previous September at ONE 168, his seven-fight profitable streak got here to a detailed. He’ll be wanting to return to profitable methods this February, however Wei might be decided to maintain his man down.
Certainly one of China’s biggest strikers, “Demon Blade” confirmed his price in his ONE debut this previous March with a three-round blistering of former bantamweight kickboxing king Hiroki Akimoto in Might, bettering to a staggering 70-3 report.
As China’s first-ever Ok-1 World Champion, Wei would like to additional improve his legacy by beating one of many world’s greatest strikers for the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title at ONE 171.
