Saturday, 17 October, belonged to the champions. ONE SAMURAI 4 served a World Title double-header at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, where Jonathan Haggerty and Nadaka Yoshinari both finished their fights and earned US$100,000 bonuses.
Jonathan Haggerty's main event against Hiroki Akimoto wasn't without danger, since Akimoto kept landing heavy power shots, but Haggerty's boxing, footwork, and hand speed controlled the first two rounds of the bantamweight kickboxing bout.
Round three ended it. A crushing left knee dropped Akimoto, Haggerty swarmed, and the towel came in from Akimoto's corner at 0:42 as the reigning champion retained his ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title.
Nadaka Yoshinari kept things calm in the atomweight Muay Thai co-main event. Rifdean Masdor showed real knockout power early, but Nadaka figured out his rhythm and dropped him with a quick left hook in round one.
Masdor kept pressing forward in round two, and Nadaka made him pay. A perfectly timed left head kick at 0:58 ended it, defending his ONE Atomweight Muay Thai World Title and earning a US$100,000 performance bonus.
ONE SAMURAI 4 Results:
- Jonathan Haggerty defeats Hiroki Akimoto via TKO (cornerman stoppage) at 0:42 of round three to defend the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title
- Nadaka Yoshinari defeats Rifdean Masdor via TKO (head kick) at 0:58 of round two to defend the ONE Atomweight Muay Thai World Title
- Masaaki Noiri defeats Mohammad Siasarani via split decision (kickboxing – featherweight)
- Nabil Anane defeats Yuki Yoza via unanimous decision (kickboxing – bantamweight)
- Itsuki Hirata defeats Jihin Radzuan via unanimous decision (MMA – atomweight)
- Sinsamut Klinmee defeats Shintaro Matsukura via KO (head kick) at 1:17 of round two (kickboxing – lightweight)
- Kota Abe defeats Shozo Isojima via TKO (punch) at 1:34 of round one (MMA – lightweight)
- Shoma Okumura defeats Toki Tamaru via unanimous decision (kickboxing – strawweight)
- Ryoto Nishiyama defeats Yu Takeuchi via KO (right hook and ground and pound) at 0:58 of round one (MMA – flyweight)
- Masaki Takeura defeats Yoshinari Fukushima via submission at 5:13 of round one (submission grappling – lightweight)
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