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ONE Championship’s first show of 2020 went down today Fri. 10 January, 2019, inside the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.

A ONE Super Series Bantamweight headlined the 12-bout card. Defending champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon took on England’s Jonathan Haggerty, with the Englishman looking to avenge his 2019 defeat to the Thai.

In the co-main event, Rodtang’s compatriot Stamp Fairtex squared off against India’s Puja Tomar in an MMA atomweight encounter. Stamp, who currently holds the ONE Super Series atomweight Muay Thai and kickboxing belts, is coming after Angela Lee’s strap in 2020 and was looking to kick off the year with a win.

Here are the full results from ONE: A New Tomorrow

Main Card:

• ONE Muay Thai Flyweight World Championship: Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Jonathan Haggerty via RD3 TKO
• Atomweight: Stamp Fairtex def. Puja Tomar via RD1 TKO
• Muay Thai Bantamweight: Sangmanee Sathian MuayThai def. Kenta Yamada via Unanimous Decision
• Featherweight: Thanh Le vs. Ryogo Takahashi via RD1 KO
• Muay Thai Bantamweight: Liam Harrison def. Mohammed Bin Mahmoud via RD1 KO

Prelims:

• Muay Thai Bantamweight: Muangthai P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym def. Brice Delval via Split Decision
• Welterweight: Raimond Magomedaliev def. Joey Pierotti via RD1 Submission
• Kickboxing Bantamweight: Adam Noi def. Victor Pinto via Unanimous Decision
• Featherweight: Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg def. Ma Jia Wen via RD1 KO
• Muay Thai Bantamweight: Mehdi Zatout def. Han Zi Hao via Split Decision
• Women’s Strawweight: Ayaka Miura def. Maira Mazar via RD2 Submission
• Featherweight: Roel Rosauro def. Yohan Mulia Legowo via Unanimous Decision

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ONE Champion returns this week with their first show of 2020, ONE: A New Tomorrow. The 12-bout card is set to take place on Fri. 10 January, inside the Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand. 

The main card will be broadcast on B/R Live starting at 8:30 am EST/5:30 am PST. The prelims begin on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the ONE Super App at 6:30 am (EST)/3:30 am (PST).

Headling the event is a bantamweight Muay Thai title clash between reigning champ Rodtang Jitmuangnon and the man he took the belt from Jonathan Haggerty.

This is a match-up which should get the blood flowing. Rodtang rarely disappoints when he steps inside the ONE cage, and Haggerty is desperate to square the ledger after being outpointed by the Thai last August.

The 22-year-old Englishman has the size and the skill to reclaim his title, but to do so on Rodtang’s home turf will require him to stick to his game-plan and avoid getting suckered into a straight shoot out with the “Iron Man.”

In the co-main event, Thailand’s Stamp Fairtex continues on her quest for a third ONE title when she faces off against India’s Puja Tomar in an atomweight MMA contest. Stamp is 3-0 as an MMA fighter and defeated both Asha Roka and Bi Nguyen in 2019.

The 22-year-old has made it clear that she is targeting Angela Lee’s atomweight strap. While Tomar may not be one of the elite fighters in the division, she is experienced and will be no walk-over for the hometown hero.

Former LFA Interim Lightweight Champion Thanh Le will also be back in action with the Vietnamese-American facing off against Japan’s Ryogo Takahashi. The New Orleans native seems destined for a shot at Marting Nguyen’s ONE featherweight title, and if he can get past Takahashi, the calls for that shot will only grow louder.

Here is the full line up for ONE: A New Tomorrow

Main Card:

• ONE Muay Thai Flyweight World Championship: Rodtang Jitmuangnon vs. Jonathan Haggerty
• Atomweight: Stamp Fairtex vs. Puja Tomar
• Muay Thai Bantamweight: Sangmanee Sathian MuayThai vs. Kenta Yamada
• Featherweight: Thanh Le vs. Ryogo Takahashi
• Muay Thai Bantamweight: Liam Harrison vs. Mohammed Bin Mahmoud

Prelims:

• Muay Thai Bantamweight: Muangthai P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym vs. Brice Delval
• Welterweight: Raimond Magomedaliev vs. Joey Pierotti
• Kickboxing Bantamweight: Victor Pinto vs. Adam Noi
• Featherweight: Ma Jia Wen vs. Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg
• Muay Thai Bantamweight: Han Zi Hao vs. Mehdi Zatout
• Women’s Strawweight: Maira Mazar vs. Ayaka Miura
• Featherweight: Yohan Mulia Legowo vs. Roel Rosauro

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It was back in August, inside a packed out Mall Of Asia Arena, in Manila Philippines, where the 22-year-old Jonathan Haggerty lost his ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Championship to Thailand’s Rodtang Jitmuangnon. 

After dominating the early rounds, the Englishman found himself on the wrong side of the judge’s scorecards as Rodtang came roaring back in the final frames to win via majority decision.

It was a disappointing loss for a fighter mounting his first title defense. Now, after a four-month break from action, Haggerty will look to avenge that defeat when he and Rodtang square off in the main event of ONE: A New Tomorrow.

The bout will take place Friday, 10 January, in Bangkok, Thailand, and after their last tangle, Haggerty is confident he will be the man to hand Rodtang his first loss under the ONE banner.

“I don’t think he’s anything special. Yeah, he hit me with some good shots — three good shots that I felt. But technically, I’ve been in there with better people than him. It’s just tweaking things that he won’t expect this time and sharpening things,” Haggerty said in a recent interview with ONE Championship staff writer Jay Furness.

Since arriving at ONE in 2018, Rodtang has racked up six consecutive victories and is regarded as one of the promotions rising stars. The Thai’s ferocious intensity, alongside his willingness to stand and trade, have become his trademark features. However, according to Haggerty, this time around, it will be him not the Thai dictating how the fight unfolds.

“I will come less emotional because, in the fight with Rodtang, he wants you to get emotional. He wants you to fight him. He wants you to bring out your war instincts where you’re not comfortable. 

I’m going to stick off my jab and stick off my teep. I’m going to frustrate him. Let him come to fight — which he normally does — and hope we catch him with what we’ve been working on.

If Haggerty can recapture the flyweight title on his opponent’s home turf, he will need to play a perfect hand against one of the best Muay Thai fighters in the world, a task easier said than done. Nevertheless the Englishman feels he is up to the challenge and fans will find out if he is as good as his word on 10 January.

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