ONE Fight Night 16 Results: Jonathan Haggerty Becomes Two-Sport World Champion, Tye Ruotolo Claims Welterweight Submission Grappling Gold

ONE Fight Night 16: Haggerty vs. Andrade delivered a night full of action, complete with upsets and history being made. This past weekend, ONE Championship produced its latest event, crowning two new World Champions inside the iconic Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. In the main event, Jonathan “The General” Haggerty claimed the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship in style, knocking out ONE Bantamweight MMA king Fabricio “Wonder Boy” Andrade in the second round of their matchup. 

As expected, both came out guns blazing, but it was the English striker who would connect with precision and power throughout their match. However, “Wonder Boy” did get some offense in, landing some of his signature knees to the body of Haggerty.

Jonathan Haggerty completely outclassed Fabricio Andrade

In the second round, “The General” wobbled his adversary with a head kick, which he used as an opening to unleash a barrage of strikes on the Brazilian fighter. Just before the second minute, Andrade fell to the ground and struggled to get back up until the referee decided to call a stop to their hotly-anticipated clash. Not only did Haggerty become a two-sport World Champion, he also received a double bonus amounting to a total of US$100,000.

In the co-main event, Tye Ruotolo claimed the inaugural ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Championship. Albeit, at the expense of promotional debutant Magomed Abdulkadirov. While the American prodigy wasn’t able to get the finish, it wasn’t for lack of trying. Throughout their 10-minute battle, Ruotolo actively transitioned to dominant positions trying to get a submission.

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However, Abdulkadirov displayed incredible resilience and defense to escape from danger. Ultimately, it was an easy decision for the judges, who awarded Ruotolo with the win. For his effort, Ruotolo was awarded with a US$50,000 bonus, his fourth in five matches in the world’s largest martial arts organization.

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Elsewhere in the card, Filipino stalwart Lito “Thunder Kid” Adiwang avenged his loss to Jeremy “The Jaguar” Miado with a hard-earned unanimous decision win. Meanwhile, teenage striking prodigies Anna “Supergirl” Jaroonsak and “Fighting Rooster” Zhang Peimian both suffered disappointing losses to seasoned veterans Cristina Morales and Rui Botelho, respectively.

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Morales and heavyweight newcomer Ben “Vanilla Thunder” Tynan, who defeated South Korean knockout artist “Mighty Warrior” Kang Ji Won with a second-round submission, also took home US$50,000 bonuses for their performances.

Here are the complete results of ONE Fight Night 16:

Lito Adiwang defeats Jeremy Miado via unanimous decision (MMA – strawweight)

Cristina Morales defeats Anna ‘Supergirl’ Jaroonsak via TKO (strikes) at 2:54 of round one (kickboxing – atomweight)

Ben Tyan defeats Kang Ji Won via submission (arm triangle choke) at 1:22 of round three (MMA – heavyweight)

Ayaka Miura defeats Meng Bo via submission (scarf hold/Americana) at 2:09 of round one (MMA – strawweight)

Rui Botelho defeats Zhang Peimian via split decision (kickboxing – strawweight)

Halil Amir defeats Ahmed Mujtaba via TKO (referee stoppage) at 5:00 of round one (MMA – lightweight)

Seksan Or Kwanmuang defeats Karim Bennoui via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – 174.5 pound catchweight)

Tye Ruotolo defeats Magomedo Abdulkadir via unanimous decision (ONE welterweight submission grappling world championship)

Jonathan Haggerty defeats Fabricio Andrade via KO (head kick and follow-up strikes) at 1:57 of round two (ONE bantamweight kickboxing world championship)