"I can do it all" - Fabricio Andrade ready to prove he's more than just a striker in ONE Fight Night 38 title defense

Fabricio Andrade has heard the doubts about his grappling long enough. This Friday night, the Brazilian knockout machine gets to silence them.

The reigning ONE bantamweight MMA world champion defends his title against Mongolian veteran and No.4-ranked divisional contender Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu in the main event of ONE Fight Night 38 on Friday, December 5.

Ahead of their battle inside Bangkok's legendary Lumpinee Stadium, the 28-year-old Brazilian made clear he's ready to showcase the side of his game critics question most.

"I am a well-rounded fighter. I can do it all. And I have shown that with my striking in my past fights with my knockouts. This time, I'm going to show how good my grappling is because I've got a guy who's gonna try to wrestle me," Fabricio Andrade told ONE Championship.

The Tiger Muay Thai representative has demolished opponents with his striking throughout his near-perfect ONE Championship run, compiling an 80 percent finishing rate that's left elite bantamweights crumpled across the canvas.

John Lineker got stopped. Kwon Won Il lasted just 42 seconds in their rematch when that perfectly timed left hook buried into his liver at ONE 170 in January.

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Fabricio Andrade's grappling credentials will face a serious litmus test against Baatarkhuu

As impressive as his highlight-reel knockouts on the global stage are, those triumphs came against strikers who played into Fabricio Andrade's strengths. Baatarkhuu won't make that mistake.

The 36-year-old Mongolian powerhouse brings suffocating top control, relentless pressure, and submissions that force opponents to tap.

The Team Tungaa and Shandas MMA fighter is coming to drag this fight into deep waters where Andrade's beautiful striking can't function.

However, per 'Wonder Boy's' confident statement, the 28-year-old is ready to follow his dance partner wherever the fight unfolds, even if it means stepping out of his comfort zone to defend his 26 pounds of gold.

As such, when the time for talking is over, Fabricio Andrade is ready to show why the grappling credentials critics doubt match the striking brilliance everyone acknowledges.

North American fight fans with an active Amazon Prime Video subscription can catch their main event fixture and the rest of the ONE Fight Night 38 card, live in U.S. primetime, this Friday, December 5, for free.