The longest reining king in ONE Championship history is no longer at the top.
Bibiano Fernandes met interim bantamweight Kevin Belingon in a bantamweight title unification bout in the main event of Friday’s ONE: Heart of the Lion at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore, and both fighters put on a thrilling five-round contest.
Belingon, who couldn’t last a round the first time he fought “The Flash” in 2016, losing via first-round submission, landed several spinning back kicks throughout the 25 minutes of the fight. Fernandes was able to take the fight to the ground a few times, coming close to the finish with a pair of armbars, but Belingon found his way out in both occasions.