Jonathan Haggerty and Wei Rui have been set to conflict in a extremely anticipated bantamweight kickboxing title bout at ONE 171: Qatar on Thursday, February 20, 2025, on the Lusail Sports activities Area. This marked Haggerty’s first protection of his ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship
Jonathan Haggerty vs. Wei Rui Outcomes
The Basic’ Jonathan Haggerty was as soon as a two-sport world champion, holding each the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing and Muay Thai titles. Nevertheless, he had not too long ago misplaced his Muay Thai belt to Superlek Kiatmuu9 in September 2024. With this kickboxing championship bout, Haggerty was seeking to reassert his dominance within the hanging world.
Wei Rui, the Chinese language-born challenger, was aiming to dethrone Haggerty and declare his first ONE Championship world title. The matchup promised to be an explosive encounter. Wei Rui is a former Okay-1 Kickboxing champion who has been using a really spectacular win streak.
The ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship was on the road on this ONE 171 bout between Haggerty and Wei Rui. It was a intently matched spherical 1 as each males had moments, however the southpaw Wei Rui launched a stable uppercut that was making a distinction. Combos from Haggerty in spherical 2 started constructing momentum for the British striker who added knees as a counter-offensive. The Chinese language-born challenger was seeking to assault with kicks on the open facet however was usually consuming a cross when he tried to have interaction.
An aggressive Jonathan Haggerty in spherical 3 was in search of a knockout and discovering success together with his straight from the rear facet. Wei was discovering moments to counter however started taking a number of blows all through exchanges. Knees up shut and teep kicks from distance, Wei appeared to be getting visibly annoyed as he struggled to land.
The southpaw Wei was seeking to combine punches with open-side kicks as spherical 4 opened and managed to hit the goal repeatedly. However the sharp cross from ‘The General’ proved to be a game-changer because it usually discovered a house. With simply seconds remaining, the 2 fighters started taunting and trash-talking each other whereas nonetheless throwing a battery of punches and kicks. Spherical 5 was a dominant spherical for the British striker seeking to defend his kickboxing world title.
Jonathan Haggerty, after 5 rounds of motion, earned a unanimous determination victory to defend his ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship.
