{"id":769248,"date":"2026-06-30T05:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T05:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/769248\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T05:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T05:40:09","slug":"nothing-better-than-some-revenge-owen-jones-settles-the-score-with-fabricio-andrey-at-one-fight-night-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/769248\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Nothing Better Than Some Revenge\u2019 – Owen Jones Settles The Score With Fabricio Andrey At ONE Fight Night 44"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some fighters ease their way onto the global stage, but not Owen Jones<\/a>. The 21-year-old British prodigy stormed straight through the front door and made his presence felt immediately.<\/p>\n

Jones delivered an absolute masterclass in guard retention and leg-lock mastery at ONE Fight Night 44 on Prime Video<\/a>. He edged out Fabricio \u201cHokage\u201d Andrey<\/a> by split decision in their highly anticipated featherweight submission grappling bout, airing live in U.S. primetime from Bangkok\u2019s iconic Lumpinee Stadium.<\/p>\n

Jones was thrown straight into the deep end. Andrey entered the contest riding a dominant three-bout ONE winning streak and was originally booked to challenge ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Champion Kade Ruotolo<\/a> before a hand injury shelved the titleholder.<\/p>\n

The Apex Jiu-Jitsu Atlanta affiliate stepped in and showcased absolute nerves of steel under the brightest lights of his young career. He matched Andrey\u2019s high-octane offense on the feet before hunting leg-lock entanglements with relentless conviction once the action hit the canvas.<\/p>\n

Ten minutes of high-paced grappling war produced one official catch apiece, but Jones had no doubt the judges\u2019 scorecards would reflect the exact story he felt inside the ring.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI had one really close inside heel hook where I popped his foot a few times, and then another few entanglements where I was catching the ankles. That\u2019s why I got my catch eventually.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of times he was just walking backwards, waiting for big explosive moments. He got that one kimura to the armbar that was pretty close, but I didn\u2019t really panic.\u201d<\/p>\n

That composure was tested almost immediately after Jones scored his catch. Andrey fiercely evened the odds by exploding into a hyperextended armbar that threatened to end the match in an instant.<\/p>\n

For most grapplers, that deep submission attempt would have been checkmate. Yet, Jones flawlessly executed a textbook hitchhiker escape, inverted back into his guard, and never broke his stride.<\/p>\n

He recalled:<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he had a good enough leg configuration or control of the shoulder. He\u2019s quite far away, and he just managed to pull my arm slightly in. I managed to clear the feet, cut the angle, turn my thumb towards the floor, and keep moving.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like the constant movement is very good at escaping submissions. Trying not to stay still the whole time, clearing my feet and my shoulder, I managed to get a nice escape.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hard-fought triumph erased a lingering blemish against \u201cHokage\u201d and emphatically proved the outspoken Brit is a legitimate force to be reckoned with on the global stage.<\/p>\n

Jones walked away satisfied but made it abundantly clear that the best is still yet to come.<\/p>\n

He declared:<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing better than some revenge. He beat me three years ago when I was an 18-year-old. To show that I\u2019ve leveled up a lot since then and have a super competitive match where I dominated most of it, feels good.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always trying to put on a show. I\u2019m not trying to stall, pushing the pace. That\u2019s what you\u2019re going to expect from me. I\u2019m going to trash-talk, and I\u2019m going to perform. Win or lose, I\u2019m going to scrap.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones Sets Sights On Ruotolo, Calls Out Cole Abate<\/p>\n

The magnitude of defeating a top-tier name like Fabricio Andrey stretches far beyond personal revenge for Owen Jones. By halting the Brazilian\u2019s immense momentum, the England-born grappler injected himself straight into the World Championship conversation.<\/p>\n

Jones has made it perfectly clear he is ready for a title shot against Kade Ruotolo whenever the golden opportunity presents itself.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI obviously beat the guy who had the shot at the title match, so I definitely think I\u2019ve earned my right. All is fair in love and war, you know? So I\u2019m coming in to scrap, it doesn\u2019t matter, anyone can get it. I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Ruotolo still healing from his injury, Jones would happily welcome a quick turnaround against another elite peer.<\/p>\n

Beyond the gold, he joined ONE with a very specific target already in his sights, expressing a deep desire to battle \u201cIce\u201d Cole Abate<\/a>. Abate has already made his mark on the global stage by submitting grappling icon and former ONE Lightweight MMA World Champion Shinya \u201cTobikan Judan\u201d Aoki<\/a>, and Jones sees their potential showdown as a must-see collision for grappling fans.<\/p>\n

He concluded:<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019d be a sick match. Cole and I are the same age, and we kind of came through the ranks, but we never managed to fight even when we were in the same division.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019d be a good clash of styles. Obviously, he\u2019s quite good, so I love to kind of prove that he\u2019s overrated. Go and smash one of the AOJ boys up, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some fighters ease their way onto the global stage, but not Owen Jones. The 21-year-old British prodigy stormed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-769248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769248","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=769248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}