ONE bantamweight MMA stars Fabricio Andrade and John Lineker delivered one of the most action-packed bantamweight MMA world title fights in recent memory at ONE Fight Night 7 in Feb. 2023.
'Hands of Stone' was stripped of his 26 pounds of gold on the scales ahead of their first fight back in Oct. 2022, but that clash ended in a no-contest after Lineker got tagged with an accidental knee strike to the groin that left him unable to continue.
With the vacant ONE bantamweight MMA world championship now up for grabs in the rematch, 'Wonder Boy' was relentless in his offense once more against his fellow Brazilian while Lineker was also landing bombs of his own.
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It all came down to who was the more durable fighter between them and the 26-year-old Andrade lived up to his promise as a bloodied Lineker did not answer the bell entering the fifth round at the behest of his cornermen, which led to a TKO victory for Andrade.
The Evolve MMA/Tiger Muay Thai product became the third Brazilian fighter in ONE history to claim the ONE bantamweight MMA world championship and fans cannot wait to see who he will defend it against first.
Fabricio Andrade ready to take on all would-be bantamweight MMA title challengers
Andrade has been enjoying some well-deserved time off from the Circle due to some injuries that he needed to take care of from 2023 and he is now ready to get back to fighting.
Taking to his Instagram account, Fabricio Andrade put out a short open letter to anyone daring to push him off the bantamweight MMA mountain.
He wrote:
"Training is going well, I am ready to defend my title, let's go 💪🏻 #anyone #onechampionship."