The Tiger Muay Thai product<\/a> had built his run on devastating knockout power that flattened John Lineker and scored a 42-second knockout of Kwon Won Il.<\/p>\n\u201cI knew he was going to be a very tough opponent, but it was still very surprising for me to see how he could recover,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s a very tough guy and a remarkable opponent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Fabricio Andrade admits eagerness cost him championship<\/p>\n
The Brazilian believed he had another highlight-reel victory within reach after dropping the Mongolian early. That belief became his undoing. His eagerness to press for the finish left openings that Baatarkhuu exploited with relentless wrestling and suffocating ground control.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time I hit someone, they\u2019re out, and they don\u2019t come back,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought I needed to finish the fight. So I rushed a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
By the championship rounds, momentum had shifted completely. The challenger seized control and finished what he started. But even in defeat, Andrade refuses to take spotlight from Baatarkhuu\u2019s moment of glory.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnkh is a great man. He\u2019s a great person,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s the toughest guy I\u2019ve ever fought and the toughest guy I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrade recognizes that many overlooked Baatarkhuu heading into their world title fight. Conversations had already shifted to potential future opponents. But the former champion never made that mistake. Now he sees the loss as fuel for evolution heading into 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cSetbacks only make us stronger,\u201d he said. \u201cI need to evolve to prepare to get better and to come back stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabricio Andrade walked out of Bangkok without his championship. But he left with nothing but respect for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,98581,641,638,1865,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-369038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fabricio-andrade","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-one-championship","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}