ONE: King Of The Jungle – Todd, Sam-A Crowned Champions

By Fight Sports Feb 28, 2020

In an empty arena, ONE Championship and its talent managed to put on a show at the King of the Jungle event. Taking place inside the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Janet Todd managed to take down Stamp Fairtex to win the ONE Kickboxing Women’s Atomweight Championship.

Exactly a year after losing to Fairtex (63-16-5) at ONE: Call to Greatness, Todd (36-11) avenged her loss and outpointed the former champion. The first bout was under Muay Thai rules. Todd, a bronze medalist in the 2017 World Games, used her boxing experience to strike away at her opponent. Fairtex ended up using leg kicks to relentlessly attack Todd. The judges ended up scoring the contest a split decision win for Todd.

American striking star Janet Todd 🇺🇸 edges out Stamp Fairtex 🇹🇭 by split decision to become the new ONE Atomweight Kickboxing World Champion! 🏆 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship #KingOfTheJungle pic.twitter.com/pE4dk3sw9S

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) February 28, 2020

Already the ONE Championship Muay Thai Atomweight World Champion, Fairtex’s dream of becoming a three-sport champion will have to wait.

In the co-main event, Sam-A Gaiyanghadao won the ONE Strawweight Muay Thai Championship following a unanimous decision win over Rocky Ogden. the opening rounds were highly-competitive, as both fighters gave it their all. Sam-A turned the contest in his favor in the later rounds with kicks and power punches. As a result of the win, Sam-A picked up the Muay Thai title to go along with the ONE Championship Kickboxing Strawweight World Championship.

Sam-A Gaiyanghadao 🇹🇭 puts on a striking clinic against Rocky Ogden to become the inaugural ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion! 🏆 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship #KingOfTheJungle pic.twitter.com/hF5poX8W41

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) February 28, 2020

ONE was in an interesting spot due to the coronavirus affecting the world. The company decided to give a refund to fans, as they were not allowed inside the arena.

Here are the full results from ONE: King of the Jungle:

ONE: King of the Jungle Main Card

Janet Todd def. Stamp Fairtex (c) via split decision – ONE Kickboxing Women’s Atomweight Championship

Sam-A Gaiyanghadao def. Rocky Ogden via unanimous decision – ONE Muay Thai Strawweight Championship

Kimihiro Eto def. Amir Khan via rear-naked choke (1:39 minutes into round one)

Yoshihiro Akiyama def. Sherif Mohamed via KO (3:04 into round one)

Tiffany Teo def. Ayaka Miura via TKO (4:45 into round three)

ONE: King of the Jungle Preliminary Card

Denice Zamboanga def. Mei Yamaguchi via unanimous decision

Troy Worthen def. Mark Fairtex Aberlardo via unanimous decision

Honorio Banario def. Shannon Wiratchai via split decision

Ritu Phgat def. Wu Chiao Chen via unanimous decision

Murad Ramazanov def. Bae Myung Ho via TKO (4:53 into round one)

Jeff Chan def. Radeem Rahman via rear-naked choke (2:00 into round two)