The above match took place at Istora Senayan ring road in Jakarta (Indonesia) on the evening of May 3, in the main event of one Championship, For Honor. The highlight of the event was the one-on-one fight between defending champion Sam-A Gaiyanghadao and boxer Jonathan Haggerty.
This is considered one of the "blockbuster" matches of the MMA martial arts community this May. For Haggerty, if he wins, it will be the first time the English fighter has the opportunity to win the world Muay Thai badminton championship, marking the peak of his career at the age of 22.
Meanwhile, the Thai fighter also has a second chance to make a historic miracle of successfully defending the Muay Thai World Championship belt and that will be the biggest achievement of his lifetime.
At the beginning of the match, the two fighters played carefully, looking for the opponent's weaknesses and not letting the opponent fall. Muay Thai's beautiful techniques were demonstrated by both opponents with powerful punches and kicks. The battle was quite close and tense throughout the 5 rounds.
With the advantage of his superior height and decisive punching techniques Jonathan Haggerty even made champion Sam-A Gaiyanghadao fight back hard. In the end, the three judges stopped the match with an absolute victory in Haggerty's favor.
Sam-A Gaiyanghadao has officially lost the one-time World Series Flyweight Championship to British boxer Jonathan Haggerty.
Previously, Sam-A had announced that he had watched Haggerty play and grasped his strengths and Sam-A himself said that he had prepared everything very carefully and this would be a memorable milestone in his career.
He shared: I know Jonathans outstanding height will make it difficult.But I know I will be the winner and I also want a victory like K.O".
