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Belingon silences Nguyen in a showdown against bantamweight
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Kevin "The Silent" Belingon seeks to make the most of his glory shot as he faces Martin "The Situ-Asian" Nguyen for the ONE Bantamweight Coke World title tonight in the ONE's main fight Reign Belingon, who is undefeated in his last five fights, intends to outclass Nguyen, two division champion, and prepare for a long unification fight date with the Bibiano Fernandes bantam trinket.
"This is without a doubt the biggest fight of my career.Everything I've worked on up here, all the innumerable nights spent at the gym, endless rolls with my Team Lakay teammates, all the victories and sacrifices, it all boils down to that, "said Belingon (18-5).
The 30-year-old Baguio pride tries to stop the juggernaut of Australian-Vietnamese Nguyen, who aims to become the first champion in the history of MMA, Nguyen has taken an important step in capturing the featherweight and featherweight belts with successive victories over Mara Gafurov and the hero of Pinoy Eduard Folayang, respectively
"I took this challenge against Martin Nguyen, despite a sure shot on Bibiano Fernandes. because I wanted to prove that I never recoiled from a challenge, no matter how big, "said Belingon.
" Beat Martin will be huge for my career. He is a two-division world champion at both featherweight and lightweight. If I win, I just beat a two-division world champion. Think about it a little. I am excited to enter the cage this Friday night and do what I do best, "he added.
For his part, Nguyen (11-2) said:" We are all both hungry. . I worked very hard for this match and I set myself my goal, which is the ONE Bantamweight World Championship and become a world champion of three divisions and make history. Nothing can prevent you from achieving this goal. I think it's my time. "
Former Japanese lightweight champion Shinya Aoki and Thai star Shannon Wiratchai clashed at the co-event while Brazilian living legend Renzo Gracie and Japan's Yuki Kondo Folayang seeking redemption face off against Russia's Aziz Pahrudinov undefeated in other encounters
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