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Kickboxing Rankings November 2026: Jonathan Haggerty Makes Third Successful ONE Bantamweight Title Defense with Knockout Victory Over Hiroki Akimoto

We take a look at all the top fighters that were in action during the last month. As kickboxing continues to grow on a global scale with promotions like GLORY, K-1, ONE Championship, and more, fighters are constantly jockeying for position in the med...

01.11.2026

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Jonathan Haggerty's Title Win Sparks Protest Over Alleged Illegal Knees — “This Is Kickboxing, This Is Not Muay Thai”

Jonathan Haggerty kept his ONE bantamweight kickboxing title, but Hiroki Akimoto's team is challenging the call and announced a protest, alleging Haggerty broke the rules. {Jonathan Haggerty} left Tokyo with his championship intact, but the knees tha...

21.10.2026

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GLORY 110: Miguel Trindade Returns to Portugal as the New Featherweight Champion, Joshua Akingbade Impresses in GLORY Debut

GLORY was back in Belgium for the first time in over two years, and with the Featherweight title up for grabs the Antwerp crowd were treated to a night of action from the opening bell. GLORY’s Featherweight Title has a new home as {Miguel T...

18.10.2026

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RISE 202: Tessa de Kom Keeps Her Crown With Flying-Knee KO

Tessa de Kom delivered a flying-knee knockout to retain her RISE flyweight title at RISE 202.{Tessa de Kom} brought the combinations, then supplied the finish. The Dutch champion stopped YAYA Weerasakreck at 0:11 of the fourth round at RISE 202, reta...

18.10.2026

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ONE SAMURAI 4: Jonathan Haggerty Scores Huge Knee Knockout Over Hiroki Akimoto, Nabil Anane and Masaaki Noiri Take Home Decision Wins

ONE Samurai 4 returned to Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Early on the card, {Shoma Okumura} put on a career-best performance, outstriking former RISE champion {Toki Tamaru} over three rounds. Unlike many of Tamaru’s previous opponents, Okumu...

17.10.2026

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K-1 REVENGE II Confirms Verdonk vs. Kim, Kamara vs. Inagaki and Ouyang vs. Saito

K-1 REVENGE II heads to Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on November 23 with three matchups built around comeback plans. K-1 has handed three fighters their next assignments and nobody is getting a free pass back into the win column. Darryl Verdonk faces Hyun J...

16.10.2026