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Things are heating up between Fabricio Andrade and John Lineker ahead of their hyped matchup at ONE on Prime Video 3. One man will leave the event as the undisputed ONE bantamweight king.
The 25-year-old challenger has yet to lose since joining ONE back in 2020. Not only that, but Andrade has been sizzling lately—scoring first-round stoppages in each of his last three victories.
In the lead-up to their highly-anticipated matchup, Andrade has mocked Lineker's fighting style on Instagram:
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'Wonder Boy' can mock the champ's style all he wants, but Lineker has realized a ton of success utilizing his pressure-heavy style. Like Andrade, Lineker finished three-straight opponents heading into ONE on Prime Video 3.
Fabricio Andrade has been dreaming of this fight
Upon choking out Mark Abelardo in his ONE debut, Andrade set his sights on bantamweight gold. In fact, he has been eager to step in the circle with Lineker for a while now. 'Wonder Boy' said:
"I’m more than ready. We all know that I am the guy who has been calling for this fight for a long time, even before he was a champion. I want this fight, it’s a fight I want. It doesn’t matter if it's for a title or not, I’ve always wanted to beat him, and now it’s happening. So I’m more than ready and more than excited to fight him."
Andrade will serve as Lineker's first title defense after he defeated former champ Bibiano Fernandes at ONE Championship: Lights Out back in March.
'Hands of Stone' earned the title shot after blazing through the likes of Kevin Belingon and Troy Worthen. Clearly, his heavy punching power has carried over from his days in the UFC.
There, he picked up impressive wins over high-level bantamweights like Rob Font, John Dodson, and Marlon Vera.
Be sure to tune in to ONE on Prime Video 3 on October 21 as Fabricio Andrade will attempt to dethrone the bantamweight champion John Lineker in the main event. It all goes down at the Axiata Arena in Malaysia.
Check out Fabricio Andrade's nasty liver kick finish below:
