John Lineker knocks out Bibiano Fernandes at ONE: ‘Lights Out’

(James Goyder is the proprietor/editor of AsianMMA.com)

John Lineker knocked out Bibiano Fernandes within the second spherical of an exhilarating combat at ONE: ‘Lights Out’. Each males had their moments however the UFC veteran did essentially the most harm and his opponent’s face was a bloody mess by the top.

Fernandes dropped Lineker with a left hook late within the opening spherical. It was his finest second of the combat however he adopted the challenger to the bottom and ended up in backside place.

From there Lineker went to work with floor and pound and by the top of the around the champion’s face was badly swollen. They continued to commerce punches within the second stanza as Fernandes simply accomplished a single leg takedown.

He additionally managed to Lineker down proper in the beginning of the combat however couldn’t capitalize with any floor and pound or submission makes an attempt. Fernandes has not fought since 2019 and the livid tempo appeared prefer it was taking its instrument within the second spherical.

He dropped his fingers as Lineker appeared to tear hooks to the physique and left the opening for a left hook to the top. It landed flush and the champion was knocked out immediately, the referee diving in to save lots of him from additional punishment.

With the win Lineker captures the ONE Championship bantamweight belt and improves to 35-9. Fernandes drops to 24-5 after struggling simply his second loss since signing for the promotion in 2012.

Within the co-main occasion Thanh Le knocked out Garry Tonon to defend his featherweight title for the primary time. The challenger tried for a leg lock and the champion briefly appeared to be in hassle however he countered with punches.

They discovered their mark and Tonon was compelled to let go of the leg after dropping consciousness. The end got here on the 0:56 mark and Le improves to 13-2 whereas his opponent drops to 6-1.

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ONE: ‘Lights Out’, Singapore, March 11^th 

• Thanh Le def. Garry Tonon by way of KO (Punches) at 0:56 of Spherical 1
• John Lineker def. Bibiano Fernandes by way of KO (Punch) at 3:40 of Spherical 1
• Martin Nguyen def. Kirill Gorobets by way of TKO (Punches) at 2:18 of Spherical 3
• Kickboxing: Iraj Azizpour def. Ismael Londt by way of TKO (Punches) at 2:01 of Spherical 2
• Adrian Mattheis def. Alex Silva by way of TKO (Punches) at 0:05 of Spherical 2
• Kickboxing: Zhang Peimian def. Josh Tonna by way of TKO (Punches) at 2:11 of Spherical 2
• Eko Roni Saputra def. Chan Rothana by way of Submission (Rear-Bare Choke)at 1:34 of Spherical 1
• Muay Thai: Iman Barlow def. Daniela Lopez by way of TKO (Physician Stoppage)at 1:39 of Spherical 1
• Muay Thai: Liam Nolan def. Kim Kyung Lock by way of TKO (Knees) at 1:02 of Spherical 1
• Heqin Lin def. Milagros Lopez by way of Choice (Unanimous)