John Lineker’s reign of terror continues in his new residence at ONE Championship.
In his third promotional look, Lineker used efficient physique work all through the opening spherical, which led to an enormous knockdown and a combat ending proper hand to a grounded Troy Worthen, placing him out chilly on the four:35 mark of the primary spherical in the primary occasion of ONE on TNT 3. Along with his second consecutive end, the Brazilian powerhouse improved to Three-Zero beneath the ONE banner since shifting over from the UFC.
Lineker dug to the physique of Worthen with highly effective punches to start the combat. After a brief break within the motion on account of an unintentional low blow, Lineker continued to focus on the midsection and legs of Worthen. Lower than 90 seconds in, Worthen was exhibiting the results of Lineker’s works with welts on his midsection. Worthen would dangle robust, however each time he threw a strike, Lineker answered with a barrage of physique photographs time and again. “Arms of Stone” began to attain to the face of Worthen because the opening spherical continued earlier than briefly dropping the American with a leg kick.
With somewhat over 30 seconds left within the first, Lineker landed a piston of a proper hand to drop Worthen. A observe up proper hand put Worthen out.
After the win, Lineker referred to as out present bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes.
“I got here right here to be a champion,” Lineker mentioned. “I would like Bibiano to indicate that I’m higher than him, and that I’m the perfect on the planet.
The primary card broadcast on TNT opened up with a flyweight bout between Reece McLaren and Yuya Wakamatsu. The Japanese standout got here out heavy photographs trying to get the combat completed shortly. McLaren was in a position to get by way of the aggressive begin from Wakamatsu, ending the opening spherical with full mount, laborious elbows, and a number of submission makes an attempt.
Wakamatsu turned issues again on within the second and had McLaren in some hassle on the ft. McLaren would open the third trying to get the combat to the mat, however Wakamatsu confirmed glorious takedown protection, making McLaren pay each probability he may get, together with some vicious knees within the ultimate 30 seconds of the combat. After 15 minutes, all of the judges noticed it for Wakamatsu.
Within the ultimate preliminary bout, Ok Rae Yoon earned a call win over Marat Gafarov. Along with his third straight win, the South Korean fighter will face former UFC light-weight champion Eddie Alvarez at subsequent week’s ONE on TNT four occasion.
Get full ONE on TNT Three outcomes under:
John Lineker def. Troy Worthen through KO (punches) – Spherical 1, four:35
Yuya Wakamatsu def. Reece McLaren through unanimous choice
Preliminary card
Okay Rae Yoon def. Marat Gafarov through unanimous choice
Miao Li Tao def. Ryuto Sawada through unanimous choice
Nieky Holzken def. John Wayne Parr through KO (kick) – Spherical 2, 1:23 (muay thai)