"The best art of Muay Thai" - Fans in pure awe of Superlek Kiatmoo9's lightning knockout of Jonathan Haggerty in Denver

Newly crowned ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world champion Superlek Kiatmoo9 was surprised with how quickly he dethroned then-reigning 145-pound Muay Thai world champion Jonathan Haggerty at ONE 168: Denver last Friday, Sept. 6, inside the Ball Arena.

In an Instagram post by ONE Championship, Superlek, who also holds the ONE flyweight kickboxing world championship, had this to say about his 49-second knockout of 'The General':

"I knew I was going to finish the fight, but I really didn't think it would be that quick."

Fans reacted to Superlek's statement in the comments section:

"The best art of Muay Thai 👑⚡🤫"

"Bro really said 'lightwork' lmaooo."

"Superlek showing the world there's levels to Muay Thai, and he belongs at the very top🔥"

"The fact that it took different camera angles to catch that shows how fast that elbow was."

"These guys saying it was luck, haven't they seen the counter attempts before the KO? He knew that Haggerty was going to charge aggressively with that 1-2, and he was determined to counter them with an elbow!"

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Jonathan Haggerty looks ahead following loss to Superlek at ONE 168

Still reigning as the ONE bantamweight kickboxing world champion, Jonathan Haggerty will be closely watching Hiroki Akimoto and Ilias Ennahachi's bout at ONE Friday Fights 81 on September 27 inside the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, where the winner could potentially be his next challenger.

In a recent interview with the South China Morning Post, Haggerty stated:

"Yeah, that's a great fight, very exciting fight, both in title contentions. Yeah, I'll be watching that very closely. So yeah, that'd be a great fight, a great match-up. I'm excited to see Ilias' comeback fight at bantamweight now. I feel like Ennahachi wins."

Watch the full interview below:

ONE Friday Fights 81 is available live on pay-per-view at watch.onefc.com.