Bibiano Fernandes once again is ONE Championship’s bantamweight title holder, but probably not the way he wanted to get the belt back. In a rematch with Kevin Belingon , who took the title from him this past November by split decision, Fernandes (23-4) won by disqualification after Belingon (20-6) landed a pair of illegal elbows to the back of the head in the second round. When Fernandes couldn’t continue, Belingon was given a red card – a disqualification – and Fernandes was declared the winner and new champion. And almost certainly, we’ll be seeing a trilogy fight between the two down the road thanks to the controversial and unconventional way the fight ended. “ONE Championship 92: A New Era” took place at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo
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