Belingon-Fernandes III Confirmed For ONE: A NEW ERA
Yet another World Title bout has been added to ONE Championship’s historic first show in Tokyo, Japan.
The ONE Bantamweight World Championship rubber match between Kevin “The Silencer” Belingon and Bibiano “The Flash” Fernandes will take place at ONE: A NEW ERA at the Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sunday, 31 March.
The announcement was made by ONE Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong on Sunday, 27 January.
The contest follows on from two previous meetings between these athletes. The first was won by Brazil’s Fernandes via first-round submission in 2016 at ONE: DYNASTY OF CHAMPIONS, before the Philippines’ Belingon tied the series with a split decision win at ONE: HEART OF THE LION last November.
That victory by the Team Lakay representative ended his rival’s run as the most dominant World Champion in the history of The Home Of Martial Arts.
The announcement of this match-up brings the total number of World Title bouts at ONE: A NEW ERA up to four.
Eduard “Landslide” Folayang will defend his ONE Lightweight World Title against Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki, “The Panda” Xiong Jing Nan will defend her ONE Women’s Strawweight World Title against ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion “Unstoppable” Angela Lee, and “The Burmese Python” Aung La N Sang will defend his ONE Middleweight World Championship in a rematch against Ken Hasegawa.
In addition, Yodsanklai IWE Fairtex will clash with Andy Souwer in a ONE Super Series kickboxing showdown, Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson has drawn Yuya “Little Piranha” Wakamatsu in the first the quarter-final of the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix, and Eddie “The Underground King” Alvarez will face Timofey Nastyukhin for the final ONE Lightweight World Grand Prix semi-final place.
