Fabricio Andrade, ONE 170 weigh-in Credit score: ONE Championship
The co-main occasion of Sunday’s ONE 170 in Bangkok, Thailand noticed Fabricio Andrade put his ONE Championship bantamweight title on the road in a rematch in opposition to South Korean challenger Kwon Received Il.
Friday’s title battle began off scorching, the pair buying and selling at an intense tempo, Andrade regularly mixing in kicks and punches to the physique together with his mixtures. The challenger additionally ripped a kick to the physique, but it surely was Andrade’s assaults that have been having extra of an affect. That physique work paid off lower than a minute into the battle, with Andrade drilling the liver with a left hand that completely crumpled Kwon Received Il, leaving him seized up on the bottom because the champ scaled the cage wall to rejoice. Il was nonetheless unable to return to his ft as Fabrico Andrade’s coach hoisted him up on his shoulders for a victory lap across the ONE circle.
Ref Herb Dean’s pre-fight directions took practically so long as the battle; the end was shockingly just like Fabricio Andrade’s first win over the South Korean, which got here courtesy of a primary spherical KO through a kick to the physique. At ONE 170 nevertheless, Brazil’s Andrade, simply hitting his prime at 27-years previous, obtained the job finished 20 seconds sooner.
Official Outcome: Fabricio Andrade def. Kwon Received Il by TKO (physique shot), Spherical 1, 0:42
