Former ONE Welterweight World Champion “The Bandit” Zebaztian Kadestam earned a huge upset victory by crushing heavily hyped Croatian superstar Roberto “Robocop” Soldic at ONE Fight Night 10.
How Zebaztian Kadestam Shut Down Soldic
After a competitive opening round in their ONE Interim Welterweight World Title eliminator, “The Bandit” caught the advancing Soldic early in the second frame with a well-timed elbow.
Soldic staggered toward the cage, and Kadestam rushed in and unloaded in search of the finish. A punch from the Swedish superstar dropped “Robocop” hard, but the latter sprung to his feet.
Then Kadestam scored another knockdown with a flurry of punches, forcing the referee to intervene after just 45 seconds into round two.
The dramatic knockout was Kadestam’s 14th finish from 15 professional victories.
And not only did he earn a shot at interim welterweight gold, he bagged a US$50,000 performance bonus too.
The result came as no surprise to Kadestam who told the world prior to the fight exactly how it would go down.
“The fight has got to end by KO. Anything else is not enough.
I’m giving this fight zero percent chance of going the distance. Somebody has to sleep, and to be honest if it’s a good fight and it has to be me, I don’t give a ****.”
“I expect him to come and try to knock my head off my body and kick it to another planet. I expect it and I look forward to it.” said Kadestam.
With tthe immediate future of Lightweight MMA & Welterweight MMA Champion Christian Lee currently unknown.
Zebaztian Kadestam will get his shit at Interim Gold potentially setting up a future showdown between the two.
Who would you like to see Zebaztian Kadestam face for the Interim Title?.
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