{"id":539373,"date":"2026-03-14T06:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T06:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/539373\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T06:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T06:09:08","slug":"highlights-debuting-kickboxer-chops-down-agonized-john-lineker-in-very-first-round-one-fight-night-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/539373\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights! Debuting kickboxer chops down agonized John Lineker in very first round | One Fight Night 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Former UFC contender and Ex-One Championship Bantamweight kingpin, John Lineker, returned to action in the kickboxing ring opposite debuting kickboxing champion Ben Woolliss just moments ago (Fri., March 13, 2026) from inside Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand for One Fight Night 41.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Despite being a former MMA champion in their organization, Lineker hasn\u2019t competed in One in MMA since January 2024. Instead, he\u2019s been taking kickboxing or Muay Thai bouts, evenly splitting four such bouts and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/10\/4\/24262345\/highlights-john-lineker-remains-undefeated-muay-thai-mind-blowing-left-hook-ko-one-fight-night-25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scoring a pair of major knockouts in the process<\/a>. On the flip side, Woolliss was making his first appearance in the One ring, but he\u2019s a kickboxing veteran in the UK and has also fought for MMA promotions like PFL and Dirty Boxing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s safe to say he made a serious splash in his debut! Lineker opened the fight with his trademark combinations of swinging hooks to the head and body, but Woolliss kept his distance well and punished the shorter Brazilian with absolutely chopping calf kicks. Though Lineker is known for his durability and toughness, he crumbled to the floor after just a few of those connections in clear agony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out the highlight clip below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As a result of the defeat, Lineker has now lost three straight striking matches. Unfortunately, One Championship has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/7\/10\/24464903\/fake-news-chatri-sityodtong-fires-back-malicious-false-narrative-one-championship-financial-collapse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">largely moved away from hosting MMA fights<\/a>, so it\u2019s unclear when Lineker will have the opportunity to utilize his full skill set again. Somehow, the veteran slugger is still just 35 years old \u2014 maybe there\u2019s still time in his career for a post-One Championship resurgence?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As for Woolliss, he becomes the first man to stop Lineker in kickboxing or Muay Thai. This is the most high-profile win of his career, and it should open up new doors for the knockout artist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former UFC contender and Ex-One Championship Bantamweight kingpin, John Lineker, returned to action in the kickboxing ring opposite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,2843,85],"class_list":["post-539373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-one-championship","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}