Advertisement

ONE Championship: Jonathan Haggerty tells Rodtang, Superlek and Tawanchai ‘I’ll take your heads off’

  • New two-sport king intends to ‘stand at the top’ in ONE, with Muay Thai superstars on Briton’s hit list after beating Fabricio Andrade
  • ‘I like the sound of Tawanchai. I don’t know why I do it to myself, but I love a challenge. He’s massive, I don’t care,’ Haggerty says

Reading Time:2 minutes
Why you can trust SCMP
Jonathan Haggerty before his bantamweight kickboxing title fight with Fabricio Andrade. Photos: ONE Championship
Nicolas Atkinin Bangkok
All martial arts content – including ONE Championship coverage – has been made freely available. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.
Advertisement

New two-sport king Jonathan Haggerty revealed he plans to “stand at the top” in ONE Championship with Muay Thai superstars Rodtang Jitmuangnon, Superlek Kiatmookao and even Tawanchai PK Saenchai on his hit list.

“The General” claimed the vacant ONE bantamweight kickboxing title with a stunning second-round TKO of Fabricio Andrade at ONE Fight Night 16 in Bangkok on Saturday.

Britain’s Haggerty, who also owns the bantamweight Muay Thai title in ONE, now has a plethora of options across multiple sports, including an audacious tilt at Andrade’s MMA belt.

A Muay Thai title defence is first, according to both Haggerty and ONE chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong, and that could set up a highly anticipated rematch with Rodtang – whom he lost to twice at flyweight in ONE – or Superlek – who beat him on a doctor stoppage because of a cut in 2018.

A “dream” fight with featherweight champ Tawanchai is more of a remote idea, but the 26-year-old told the Post he plans to “take all their heads off”.

Advertisement
Advertisement