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 struggle began off sizzling, 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, however it was Andrade’s assaults that have been having extra of an impression. That physique work paid off lower than a minute into the struggle, 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 have fun. 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 almost so long as the struggle; the end was shockingly just like Fabricio Andrade’s first win over the South Korean, which got here courtesy of a primary spherical KO by way of 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 quicker.
Official Outcome: Fabricio Andrade def. Kwon Received Il by TKO (physique shot), Spherical 1, 0:42
