Bibiano Fernandes’ five-year run as the One Championship bantamweight titleholder came to an unexpected end in November. Now four months removed from his controversial split decision loss to Kevin Belingon, “The Flash” has designs on avenging the loss in a trilogy bout with the Lakay MMA star at One Championship “A New Era” on March 31 in Tokyo.
Fernandes, 38, remains perplexed by the result of his rematch with Belingon. Over five competitive rounds, he landed seven takedowns, attempted several fight-ending submissions and thinks he held his own in standup exchanges with the Filipino Wushu champion.