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KEVIN Belingon’s fifth fight with ONE Championship bantamweight king Bibiano Fernandes could have to wait after the Filipino forward suffered a second-round knockout loss to former UFC fighter John Lineker in the main event. from ONE: Inside the Marix III on Friday, November 13. 2020, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.
Belingon, 33, was very successful early in the first round landing his kicks. Lineker, however, let go of his hands and landed some heavy punch combinations to Belingon’s head, which opened two cuts above his left eye area.
Linker showed off his power and top-notch boxing skills by continuing to land his combinations. The 30-year-old Brazilian landed a brutal uppercut that dropped Belingon and followed it up with some hard shots that forced the referee to stop him at the 1:16 mark of the second round.
Belingon suffered their third loss in a row and fell to 20-8, while Lineker improved to 33-9 and is on the run to shoot fellow Brazilian Fernandes.
Belingon’s teammates Geje Eustaquio and Lito Adiwang had mixed results on the undercard. Eustaquio, 31 (14-8), successfully returned to the cage after a long hiatus with a unanimous decision win over tough South Korean Song Min Jong (11-8).
Adiwang (11-3), on the other hand, suffered a close split decision loss to Shooto’s strawweight champion Hiroba Minowa (12-2). (EKA)
