Fernandes vs Nguyen

Who won Fernandes vs Nguyen?

Bibiano Fernandes beat Martin Nguyen by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of ONE Championship – Iron Will, on Saturday 24th March 2018 at Impact Arena in Bangkok.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Bibiano Fernandes.

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.

Fernandes vs Nguyen stats

Bibiano Fernandes stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Martin Nguyen made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Bibiano Fernandes' One Championship record stood at 12-3-0, while Martin Nguyen's came in at 12-6-0.

The stats suggested Nguyen had a massive power advantage over Fernandes, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Fernandes' 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Fernandes had a slight advantage over Nguyen, with a 38% submission rate over Nguyen's 30%.

Bibiano Fernandes was the older man by 9 years, at 44 years old.

Nguyen had a height advantage of 1 inch over Fernandes.

Fernandes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 7 years and 9 months earlier than Nguyen, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 75 to Nguyen's 47.

Fernandes vs Nguyen form

Nguyen had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Leonardo Casotti at ONE on Prime Video 7 on 24th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ilya Freymanov at ONE on Prime Video 2 on 30th September 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kiril Gorobets at ONE Championship on 11th March 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jae Woong Kim at ONE Championship – 10 Year Anniversary 2 on 24th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had been defeated by Thanh Le at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix on 30th October 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round in their ONE Featherweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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Nguyen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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