{"id":273159,"date":"2018-03-24T09:47:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T16:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=273159"},"modified":"2018-03-24T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T16:57:07","slug":"one-championship-results-martin-nguyen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/one-championship\/one-championship-results-martin-nguyen\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE Championship Results: Bibiano Fernandes edges Martin Nguyen via split-decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Current ONE Championship lightweight and featherweight title holder Martin Nguyen (10-1 MMA) moved down in weight to challenge Bibiano Fernandes for the promotions bantamweight title in the headliner of today&#8217;s &#8220;ONE Championship 68: Ill Will&#8221; event in Bangkok, Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>After four rounds of closely contested action, it appeared that today&#8217;s historic <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-martin-nguyen-explains-how-hell-defend-3-one-championship-titles-if-he-defeats-bibiano-fernandes\/\">Martin Nguyen<\/a> vs. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-bibiano-fernandes-not-impressed-by-two-division-champ-martin-nguyen-ive-faced-better\/\">Bibiano Fernandes<\/a> super-fight would be decided by whichever man could win the fifth and final round of action.<\/p>\n<p>That is when the long-time ONE bantamweight champion, Fernandes, took over by scoring a huge knockdown of Nguyen in round five.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The biggest punch of the fight for Bibiano Fernandes. This may have been the deciding moment. Fernandes wins a split decision and defends his title. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/onechampionship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#onechampionship<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6HsR95Ix3u\">pic.twitter.com\/6HsR95Ix3u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/977584354363936768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Martin was able to survive the shot but the last minute knockdown likely clinched the fight for Bibiano in the eyes of the judges.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Martin Nguyen fell just short of becoming the first concurrent three-weight champion in mixed martial arts history as Bibiano Fernandes was awarded the split-decision victory from the judges in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>The victory marked Fernandes&#8217; ninth-straight title defense which prompted the Brazilian to tout himself as &#8220;The best bantamweight in the world&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of the today&#8217;s ONE Championship super-fight? 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