Fabricio Andrade thinks he should be a world champion.
\nCast your mind back to October last year and Fabricio Andrade knew a win over John Lineker would see him crowned the ONE bantamweight champion. Lineker had weighed in heavy and been stripp-ed of the title, but the fight went ahead with everything on the line for Andrade.
\nFor the majority of those watching the bout, Andrade had the best of things – and the damage on Lineker reflected that. For the 25-year-old, it was a matter of time before the contest would be stopped.\u00a0
\nAs it happened it was, but not in the manner he wanted. A stomach churning low blow, which broke the cup of Lineker rendered him unable to continue, and the match a no-contest.\u00a0
\nIt was a disappointing end to a highly anticipated fight – and one which added fuel to an already fierce rivalry, to one with genuine bad blood and scores to settle.
\nAndrade believes the three and a half rounds the two spent in the circle together will have had a lasting effect on his opponent and offers a psychological advantage heading into this weekend\u2019s matchup at ONE Fight Night 7 in Bangkok.\u00a0
\n\u201cI think the fact that I came very close to ending the fight, that he was badly hurt in the fight, and that I defended all his attempts on the ground, makes a difference in the psychological factor,\u201d said Andrade. \u201cHe knows I\u2019m better than him. His chance of winning this fight is if something extraordinary happens. But we know that I\u2019m the best athlete, that this is my moment, and that I\u2019m going to be the champion.\u201d
\nIn the lead up to the first fight there was lots of attention on Lineker\u2019s weight, Andrade doesn\u2019t expect it to be an issue this time round – and is planned to end things early when they finally meet again.
\n\u201cHe will definitely be more attentive with this weight issue. Nobody likes to be on time and not make weight. No one wants to look unprofessional. So, I believe he will be aware of his weight so that it doesn\u2019t happen again.
\n\u201cThat doesn\u2019t interfere with anything. I\u2019m not worried about that. If he doesn\u2019t make weight again, we\u2019re going to fight anyway, and I\u2019m going to knock him out.
\n\u201cThis fight will end in a maximum of two rounds. And it will definitely end with me knocking out John Lineker one more time.\u201d
\nOn a stacked card, this is a standout fight, and one not to be missed.\u00a0
\nONE Fight Night 7: Lineker v Andrade takes place Saturday February 25 4am GST at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok. This is a night not to be missed so mark your calendars, download the ONE Super App, and go to watch.onefc.com now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fabricio Andrade thinks he should be a world champion.
\nCast your mind back to October last year and Fabricio Andrade knew a win over John Lineker would see him crowned the ONE bantamweight champion. Lineker had weighed in heavy and been stripp-ed of the title, but the fight went ahead with everything on the line for Andrade.
\nFor the majority of those watching the bout, Andrade had the best of things \u2013 and the damage on Lineker reflected that. For the 25-year-old, it was a matter of time before the contest would be stopped.\u00a0
\nAs it happened it was, but not in the manner he wanted. A stomach churning low blow, which broke the cup of Lineker rendered him unable to continue, and the match a no-contest.\u00a0
\nIt was a disappointing end to a highly anticipated fight \u2013 and one which added fuel to an already fierce rivalry, to one with genuine bad blood and scores to settle.
\nAndrade believes the three and a half rounds the two spent in the circle together will have had a lasting effect on his opponent and offers a psychological advantage heading into this weekend\u2019s matchup at ONE Fight Night 7 in Bangkok.\u00a0
\n\u201cI think the fact that I came very close to ending the fight, that he was badly hurt in the fight, and that I defended all his attempts on the ground, makes a difference in the psychological factor,\u201d said Andrade. \u201cHe knows I\u2019m better than him. His chance of winning this fight is if something extraordinary happens. But we know that I\u2019m the best athlete, that this is my moment, and that I\u2019m going to be the champion.\u201d
\nIn the lead up to the first fight there was lots of attention on Lineker\u2019s weight, Andrade doesn\u2019t expect it to be an issue this time round \u2013 and is planned to end things early when they finally meet again.
\n\u201cHe will definitely be more attentive with this weight issue. Nobody likes to be on time and not make weight. No one wants to look unprofessional. So, I believe he will be aware of his weight so that it doesn\u2019t happen again.
\n\u201cThat doesn\u2019t interfere with anything. I\u2019m not worried about that. If he doesn\u2019t make weight again, we\u2019re going to fight anyway, and I\u2019m going to knock him out.
\n\u201cThis fight will end in a maximum of two rounds. And it will definitely end with me knocking out John Lineker one more time.\u201d
\nOn a stacked card, this is a standout fight, and one not to be missed.\u00a0
\nONE Fight Night 7: Lineker v Andrade takes place Saturday February 25 4am GST at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok. This is a night not to be missed so mark your calendars, download the ONE Super App, and go to watch.onefc.com now!<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=272956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272957,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272956\/revisions\/272957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=272956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=272956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=272956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}