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ONE Championship: Jonathan Haggerty, Fabricio Andrade in hotel staredown as bad blood simmers for Bangkok title fight
- MMA champion and Muay Thai king meet on Saturday for vacant ONE bantamweight kickboxing title at Lumpinee Stadium
- Both fighters reveal designs on becoming not just two- but three-sport champions – at the expense of each other
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The bad blood continued to simmer between Fabricio Andrade and Jonathan Haggerty at Thursday’s ONE Fight Night 16 media day in Bangkok, ahead of their blockbuster main event title bout this weekend.
A feud that was born in the backstage halls of Lumpinee Stadium in April will play out in the ring at the same venue seven months later on Saturday morning.
Bantamweight MMA champion Andrade called Haggerty out after the Briton dethroned Nong-O Hama this year, only to be rebuffed. “You see me in the back and say nothing? If he wants it, he can come and get it,” the Muay Thai king told the Post at the time.
Neither man’s belt will be on the line, however. Instead, they will battle for the vacant ONE Championship kickboxing belt, and there is still no love lost between them.
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