ONE SAMURAI 4 Results: Two ONE World Titles Defended, Two Devastating Finishes For Jonathan Haggerty And Nadaka Yoshinari

ONE SAMURAI 4 delivered a World Title double-header at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, 17 October, with champions Jonathan Haggerty and Nadaka Yoshinari each scoring devastating finishes and US$100,000 performance bonuses.

Jonathan Haggerty used slick boxing, elusive footwork, and blistering hand speed to dictate the first two rounds of the bantamweight kickboxing main event, despite heavy power shots from former champion Hiroki Akimoto, who stood in front of him.

In round three, Haggerty hit Akimoto with a crushing left knee for a knockdown, then swarmed him until Akimoto's corner threw in the towel at 0:42, retaining his ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title.

Nadaka Yoshinari stayed calm against Rifdean Masdor, whose knockout power showed early in the atomweight Muay Thai co-main event, and dropped the Malaysian challenger with a lightning-quick left hook in round one.

As Masdor pressed forward in round two, Nadaka answered with a perfectly timed left head kick that ended it at 0:58, 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)