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Haggerty and Nadaka Keep Belts as Noiri–Grigorian Final Is Set at ONE SAMURAI 4

High-impact knockouts, weigh-in disqualifications and six-figure payouts reshaped tournament brackets and career paths at the Tokyo card.

Overview

  • The main event on Saturday, Oct. 17, saw Jonathan Haggerty force a third-round corner stoppage over Hiroki Akimoto to retain the ONE bantamweight kickboxing title and earn a US$100,000 performance bonus.
  • Nadaka Yoshinari landed a left head kick 58 seconds into round two to stop Rifdean Masdor and retain the ONE atomweight Muay Thai title.
  • Rifdean Masdor had been ruled ineligible to win the belt after missing weight during the pre-fight checks, removing title stakes from his challenge.
  • Masaaki Noiri advanced to the featherweight kickboxing tournament final with a split-decision win over Mohammad Siasarani while Marat Grigorian reached the final after Luo Chao was ruled out at the weigh-ins.
  • The card produced multiple highlight finishes, awarded six-figure performance bonuses, gave Kota Abe a US$100,000 main-roster contract after a first-round TKO, and included a Hall of Fame retirement ceremony for Takeru Segawa that linked the night’s results to Japan’s striking legacy.