ONE Championship: “Haggerty has the belt proper now”

ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world champion Nabil Anane made it clear that his predominant mission on the worldwide stage of ONE Championship this yr is to lastly lock horns towards Jonathan Haggerty.

The Thai-Algerian was scheduled to defend his 26 kilos of gold towards the ONE bantamweight kickboxing king at ONE 173: Superbon vs. Noiri in November final yr.

However the Knowlesy Academy and Workforce Underground martial artist suffered an damage throughout combat camp that compelled him to withdraw from their hotly anticipated all-champion showdown in Tokyo, Japan.

Anane went on to placed on a placing clinic in his featherweight kickboxing duel towards Hiromi Wajima on the cardboard. Two months after his conflict towards Haggerty was compelled out of the occasion, the 21-year-old famous person has not misplaced hope to share the Circle with ‘The Basic’.

Throughout a current chat with ONE Championship on Instagram, Nabil Anane made it recognized that he’ll be comfortable to defend his bantamweight Muay Thai gold towards anybody within the division.

However, after all, on high of his listing is Haggerty’s kickboxing strap.

“Proper now, I haven’t got anybody within the listing. I simply need to go for the kickboxing title. Haggerty has the belt proper now, so I need to combat him, and anybody in Muay Thai to defend the title,” the Workforce Mehdi Zatout star wrote.

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Nabil Anane says there was ‘no secret’ to his success in 2025

Throughout a year-end interview with ONE Championship, Nabil Anane recapped his strong 2025 and hopes that he can proceed his magical run within the group this yr.

“If I can do the identical factor as 2025, it might be nice. There isn’t any secret to my success. I will simply proceed to work laborious and have self-discipline on a regular basis. That is it. It is simple to understand how, however it’s laborious to do,” the younger gun shared.

Nabil Anane entered 2025 on a run of 5 successive wins. He stayed undefeated throughout 4 appearances final yr, which features a first-round TKO of Nico Carrillo and a strong unanimous determination triumph towards ‘The Kicking Machine’ Superlek Kiatmoo9 of their rematch.