Fabricio Andrade Breaks John Lineker, Seizes One Championship Bantamweight Title

Fabricio
Andrade hammered away at John
Lineker until he could no longer continue.

The 25-year-old Andrade (9-2, 6-0 ONE) struck One
Championship gold in the
ONE on Prime Video 7 headliner on Friday at Lumpinee Boxing
Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, where he prompted a corner stoppage
against his fellow Brazilian in between the fourth and fifth rounds
to walk away with the undisputed bantamweight crown.

Lineker (35-10, 4-1 ONE) looked like his old self in spurts. He
cornered and staggered Andrade with a left hook in the first round,
ripped winging hooks to the body and threatened with takedowns
throughout the match. However, he had no answer for his
counterpart’s jab. Andrade cut loose with clean one-twos, knees to
the body and occasional kicks to the head and midsection. He hit
the accelerator in Round 4, where a depleted Lineker struggled to
keep his head above water. Bleeding from multiple cuts, the

American Top Team rep retreated to his corner, where the
decision to stop was made for him.

In the co-main event, Tawanchai PK Saenchai needed less than a
minute to retain the ONE muay thai featherweight championship at
the expense of Jamal
Yusupov. Saenchai (129-31)
brought it to a close with one brutal leg kick just 49 seconds into
Round 1.

Yusupov (55-10) never stood a chance. Saenchai pushed him backward
with a variety of kicks to the leg, body and head. The 23-year-old
Thai superstar reset in open space and fired a devastating kick
that connected just above the knee. The impact buckled Yusupov and
forced him to retreat to the safety of the ropes, where referee
Olivier Coste assessed the situation and called for the
stoppage.

Meanwhile, former two-division ONE titleholder Martin
Nguyen leaned on a multi-pronged standup attack and a late
takedown in a unanimous decision over Leonardo
Casotti in a three-round featherweight showcase. All three
ringside judges saw it for Nguyen (15-6, 12-6 ONE), who rebounded
from a Sept. 30 defeat to Ilya
Freymanov.

Casotti (9-3, 0-1 ONE) launched spinning attacks with his hands and
feet, fought fire with some of his own and handled himself well in
his promotional debut. However, Nguyen simply had too many options
at his disposal. The Cabra Kai Academy representative zeroed in on
Casotti’s lower lead leg with repeated kicks, cut loose with a
persistent jab and staggered the Brazilian more than once with
counter right hands. Nguyen mixed in a takedown with roughly two
minutes remaining in Round 3 and ultimately progressed to full
mount, pairing his positional advances with elbow-laced
ground-and-pound.

The loss was Casotti’s first since July 25, 2015 and snapped his
nine-fight winning streak.

In other action, Saemapetch
Fairtex laid claim to a unanimous decision over Zhang Chenglong
in a three-round bantamweight kickboxing confrontation; Danny
Kingad (15-3, 11-3 ONE) outpointed Eko Roni
Saputra (7-2, 7-2 ONE) to a unanimous verdict in their
three-round flyweight tilt; Danielle
Kelly was awarded a unanimous decision over Ayaka Miura
in their hypercompetitive 10-minute submission grappling showdown
at a 119-pound catchweight; Francesco Xhaja eked out a split
verdict over Andrei
Stoica in their three-round light heavyweight kickboxing
battle; Adrian
Mattheis (11-6, 11-6 ONE) put away Zelang
Zhaxi (16-8-1, 3-3 ONE) with punches 57 seconds into the first
round of their strawweight pairing; Tommy
Langaker dispatched Uali
Kurzhev with a heel hook 4:59 into their submission grappling
match at 170 pounds; and Victoria
Souza (7-1, 1-1 ONE) took a unanimous decision from Linda
Darrow (6-1, 6-1 ONE) in a three-round women’s atomweight
affair.