After dominating the bantamweight kickboxing and Muay Thai divisions in ONE Championship, two-sport king Jonathan Haggerty wants nothing more than a chance to add another coveted 26 pounds of gold next.
The Knowlesy Academy and Team Underground superstar electrified the watching world last year with a pair of iconic knockouts against Nong-O Hama (in Muay Thai) and Fabricio Andrade (in kickboxing) to secure both world titles in the divisions.
With momentum on his side, the Londoner wants to continue his successful expedition to become the first simultaneous three-sport world champion in martial arts.
Speaking to Sports Illustrated, Jonathan Haggerty noted:
“I’ve always said that when ONE Championship offers me a contract for an MMA fight, I’ll sign it. Once this fight is finished, I can’t wait to have an MMA fight.”
Though motivated by a chance to write his name in the history books, ‘The General’ perhaps wants to simply run it back against Andrade to prove a point.
The Brazilian fighter claimed the Englishman wouldn’t stand a chance against him under the all-inclusive discipline before and after their ONE Fight Night 16 showdown in November last year.
That did not sit well with the 27-year-old striker, who remains confident that he can upset ‘Wonder Boy’ and lay his hands on the only world title missing from his ambitions inside the ONE Circle.
Jonathan Haggerty can’t afford to look past ONE 168: Denver test
Before he has his sights on crossing paths against Andrade for his MMA crown, Jonathan Haggerty will need to settle a score with an old rival at ONE 168: Denver.
That evening, the London-based fighter crosses paths against ONE flyweight kickboxing world champion Superlek Kiatmoo9 in a redo of their 2018 clash, which the latter won via doctor stoppage after two nail-biting rounds.
Haggerty puts his ONE bantamweight world title on the line against the Thai megastar chasing to join an elite list of two-sport kings under the promotional banner.
Tickets for the promotion’s hotly anticipated return to North America, which emanates live in U.S. primetime from Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, can be purchased here.
