“I’ll have a go at that”

Liam Harrison almost signed on the dotted line for a particular guidelines putting bout for his ONE Championship return.

It’s been nicely over a 12 months since followers final noticed ‘Hitman’ in motion. After struggling a devastating knee damage throughout his ONE world title struggle in opposition to Nong-O Hama at ONE on Prime Video 1, Liam Harrison has undergone surgical procedure which saved him on the shelf for everything of 2023.

Nevertheless, Harrison revealed throughout an interview with the South China Morning Put up that he got here near signing up for a particular guidelines bout in hopes of creating his return ahead of anticipated.

“These mixed rules thing come about and I think ‘Well I can’t kick, but I want to keep active so I’ll have a go at that’ but then by the time they actually offered me that fight my knee was back working and I would be kicking and with full training,” Harrison mentioned.

“So, it made no sense for me to spend all this time getting my knee back stronger and then go to just a boxing fight since I don’t want to do boxing in MMA gloves,” he added.

Liam Harrison welcomes one among ONE Championship’s heaviest hitters to the artwork of eight limbs

After greater than a 12 months of ready, struggle followers will lastly see Liam Harrison make his long-awaited return. Stepping contained in the legendary Lumpinee Boxing Stadium at ONE Combat Night time 18, ‘Hitman’ will welcome former ONE bantamweight MMA world champion John ‘Hands of Stone’ Linker to the world of Muay Thai.

Lineker is coming off back-to-back wins over Kim Jae Woong and Stephen Loman. ‘Hands of Stone’ hopes these wins will finally lead him to a trilogy bout with the division’s reigning world champion, Fabricio Andrade. However till then, Lineker is set to remain lively.

Testing his abilities in one of many world’s most brutal fight sports activities is an ideal alternative for Lineker to remain busy and put his legendary power on show in a approach followers have by no means seen earlier than.

Amazon Prime Video subscribers in North America can catch all of the motion at ONE Fight Night 18 reside and without cost in U.S. primetime on January 12.