If you were to name the list of the most dominant champions in the history of the ONE Championship, bibiano Fernandes' name would definitely be among them. After 10 years of conquest in the cage, the record of 12 wins and 1 loss allowed Bibiano to establish an absolute king status in the chickweight. In the "ONE: Tigers Out of the Mountains" large-scale fighting event on February 11, Bibiano returned to the throne after two years to continue to defend his championship honor.
Bibiano's most recent match was in Tokyo at the 2019 ONE Championship, where he met his old rival Kevin Belingon for the fourth time. This time, he did not give the Filipino fighting hero any chance, and in the second round he was demoted naked, and completely ended the three-year-long feud with a score of 3 wins and 1 loss in 4 matches.
After this, Bibiano went on a hibernation for more than 2 years, and in these two years, the magnitude of the hatches also changed dramatically.
Former champion challenger Belling, who has just swallowed the bitter fruit of four consecutive defeats, is now in fifth place and in a precarious position, and could become a stepping stone for young players at any time. South Korean supernova KwonWon Il and Laika newcomer Stephen Loman are extremely strong, not only reaching the ranking but also ranking second and third respectively, and are highly competitive potential champions challengers.
In addition, Fabricio Andrade, a strike master who switched from kickboxing, also performed well, and easily TKO China's Kevin Li in the last game, and is currently ranked fourth. At the top of the list is Brazilian mixed martial arts star "Stone Fist" John Lineker, who will play against Bibiano as the champion challenger.
Lineker has a record of 12 wins at the UFC, winning all three games after signing for the ONE Championship after beating Muin Gafurov, former champions Kevin Bellingen and Troy Worthen. Lineker's strong performance and the momentum of the new stars in the welt also forced Bibiano to return to the field, and he needed to prove that he still had the strength to guard the championship's golden belt in a new situation.
Bibiano is now 41 years old, and even if he can successfully defend his title this time, he has entered the end of his career. How long will the once-most dominant world champion still be on top of the cage? After two years of no competition, what kind of performance will he bring? On February 11, "ONE: Tigers Fight" to witness the return of the king of the chickweight.