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Kevin Belingon and Eduard Folayang mark the famous successful party of Team Lakay at ONE: Reign of Kings
VICTORIOUS. Filipino Kevin Belingon (left) spoils Vietnamese-Australian Martin Nguyen's bid to become a 3-division MMA champion. Photo by Alvin S. Go / Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – Another clean sweep for Team Lakay again.
Kevin "The Silencer" Belingon outclassed two-division champion Martin Nguyen to capture the championship A unanimous cockroach unanimous decision at ONE: Reign of Kings at the Mall of Asia Arena on Friday, July 27.
Belingon hit his way to placate the scorecards with a 4-stroke burst at the start of the final round. Nguyen became aggressive with disassembly but was cleverly opposed by "The Silencer". The Vietnamese-Australian has gone several times for disassembly, quite no effect to Belingon as the time has expired.
The Team Lakay star opened the fourth kick at Nguyen's 3:20 shot. Nguyen tried to do a grounding with a minute left, but Belingon squirmed and responded with a kick to the abdomen.
Nguyen hit Belingon down in the last 5 seconds of the 3rd round, which clearly hurt the Filipino. Prior to the low blow, Nguyen was pitted with Belingon's sitff strikes, including his deadly face-to-face kick 1:40 .
Nguyen also hit Belingon with an accidental whiplash early in the fight, but "The Silencer" quickly shook him. Both fighters highlighted the first two rounds with many narrow faults and hit counters.
Belingon remains a challenger for Bibiano Fernandes, bantamweight world champion, injured.
COMEBACK. Former champion Eduard Folayang managed his return to the same arena where he lost his title 8 months ago. Photo by Alvin S. Go / Rappler
Another Lakay team is imposed ahead of Eduard Folayang who has avenged his last home defeat against Nguyen, winning by unanimous decision the former undefeated Russian player Aziz Pahrudinov.
Although Pahrudinov seemed dominant with his grappling game, Folayang stood firm and survived by his kicking mastery.
Pahrudinov took Folayang to the field for much of the first lap, where the Russian clearly took over.
The Filipino favorite bounced back well in the second run, using good backs and kicks, including Lakay's kick.
Joshua "The Passion" of Lakay's 22-year-old team Pacio did a quick job of Thailand's Pongsiri Mitsatit, winning by bid in the 1:22 Round 1 mark in the final fight of the pre-show.
Pacio's superb grappling put him in the driver's seat throughout the fight. The punches and elbows gave "The Passion" an opening behind Mitsatit. Pacio then grabbed the Thai fighter's arms and pulled them up on his own back, forcing a quick tap-out.
Post-fight, Pacio dubbed his improvised submission as "The Passion Lock", much to the approval of the passionate Pinoy crowd.
In addition, legend of 51-year-old Renzo Gracie made a successful return to the cage with a second-round bid victory over Pancrase icon Yuki Kondo.
Filipino Rene Catalan also outpaced the Indonesian Stefer Rahardian in the pre-show with a unanimous decision.
RESULTS FOR FULL CARD
Kevin Belingon (PHI) Def. Martin Nguyen (VIE-AUS) via the UD
Shinya Aoki (JPN) def. Shannon Wiratchai (THA) via Rd. 1 stop ( 2:50 )
Renzo Gracie (BRA) def. Yuki Kondo (JPN) via Rd. 2 submission ( 3:20 )
Eduard Folayang (PHI) Def. Aziz Pahrudinov (RUS) via UD
Garry Tonon (USA) def. Rahul Raju (IND) by Rd. 3 submission ( 1:33 )
Chris Ngimbi (DRC) def. Armen Petrosyan (ITA) via SD
Panicos Yusuf (CYP) def. Han Zi Hao (CHN) via UD
Joshua Pacio (PHI) Def. Pongsiri Mitsatit (THA) via Rd. 1 submission ( 1:22 )
Chamuakthong Fightermuaythai (THA) def. Brown Pinas (NET) via UD
René Catalan (PHI) Def. Stefer Rahardian (IND) via UD
– Rappler.com
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