ONE Flyweight MMA World Champion Demetrious Johnson and MMA personality Joe Rogan have been paying close attention to the world champion-caliber athletes in ONE Championship. In fact, it seems that both of them have taken a liking to ONE Bantamweight MMA World Champion Fabricio Andrade.
“Wonder Boy” will look to become a two-sport World Champion at ONE Fight Night 16 when he meets divisional Muay Thai king Jonathan Haggerty inside Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
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The pair of standouts will battle for the vacant ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title this Saturday, November 4. The Brazilian’s rise up the bantamweight ranks has been meteoric. He has scored four knockouts in seven appearances in the world’s largest martial arts organization. And his destructive path to the World Title has earned him some new admirers.
“F*****g beast, man! Look, man, these guys are out there,” Rogan said on a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast.
“He’s a nasty man. Yes, I think Fabricio Andrade is absolutely amazing. That fight against John Lineker,” Johnson said before the MMA podcasting legend interjected. “Bro, he was putting the boots to Lineker,” Rogan said.
Demetrious Johnson shares his thoughts on Fabricio Andrade’s fighting style
ONE Flyweight MMA World Champion Demetrious Johnson knows that as an elite athlete, it’s always important that you not only win but put on entertaining fights for fans all around the world.
The MMA GOAT has made a career out of doing just that, and he sees the same in Brazilian heavy hitter Fabricio Andrade.
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“I really like Andrade. I really, really do. I think it’s the way he comes out and fights. He pushes the pace, he takes risks,” Johnson said.
Andrade has the chance to live up to Johnson’s words this weekend when he takes on England’s most dangerous striker in Jonathan Haggerty.