Belingon vs Fernandes

Who won Belingon vs Fernandes?

Kevin Belingon beat Bibiano Fernandes by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of ONE Championship – Heart of the Lion, on Friday 9th November 2018 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Kevin Belingon.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Bantamweight championship.

Belingon vs Fernandes stats

Kevin Belingon stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Bibiano Fernandes made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Kevin Belingon's One Championship record stood at 11-10-0, while Bibiano Fernandes' came in at 12-3-0.

The stats suggested Belingon had a massive power advantage over Fernandes, boasting a 42% knock out percentage over Fernandes' 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Fernandes had an advantage over Belingon, with a 36% submission rate over Belingon's 16%.

Kevin Belingon was the younger man by 8 years, at 36 years old.

Fernandes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Belingon.

Belingon was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 8 months later than Fernandes, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 60 to Fernandes' 75.

Belingon vs Fernandes form

Kevin Belingon had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Won Il Kwon at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors 2 on 17th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by John Lineker at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix 3 on 13th November 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Bibiano Fernandes at ONE Championship – Century – Part 2 on 13th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round in their ONE Bantamweight championship fight at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he had lost to Bibiano Fernandes at ONE Championship – A New Era on 31st March 2019 by submission in the 3rd round in their ONE Bantamweight championship fight at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo.

He had won against Bibiano Fernandes at ONE Championship – Heart of the Lion on 9th November 2018 by split decision in their ONE Bantamweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

Belingon's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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