{"id":5363,"date":"2025-02-19T15:31:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T14:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=5363"},"modified":"2025-02-19T20:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T19:33:56","slug":"belingon-prepares-a-meticulous-plan-to-face-fernandes-at-one-171-in-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/belingon-prepares-a-meticulous-plan-to-face-fernandes-at-one-171-in-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Belingon prepares a meticulous plan to face Fernandes at ONE 171 in Qatar."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a legendary clash between two former world champions in mixed martial arts&#8217; bantamweight division, Filipino Kevin Belingon is preparing to face his old rival, Brazilian Bibiano Fernandes, in a fifth and final showdown at the ONE 171 (ONE 171: Qatar) event by ONE Championship, which will take place on Thursday, February 20, at the Lusail Sports Arena in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a previous head-to-head record favoring Fernandes (3-1), Belingon aims to seize this last opportunity to even the score, before his veteran Brazilian rival, aged 44 with an impressive professional record (24-6), retires.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Belingon, aged 37, acknowledges that his recent losses were due to straying from the fight plan, a mistake he does not intend to repeat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, &#8220;I must stick to the fight plan. I don\u2019t want to rush or be reckless. We have a solid plan, and I will follow it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While focusing on executing the strategy precisely, Belingon also aspires to end the fight decisively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added, &#8220;I don\u2019t want to leave the decision to the judges. I will look for the right opportunity to finish the fight clearly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This match is not just an ordinary bout but an opportunity for both to settle their long-standing rivalry in ONE Championship. Who will emerge victorious? Tune in to the event broadcast live from the Lusail Sports Arena on Thursday, February 20, at 5:00 PM Mecca time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a legendary clash between two former world champions in mixed martial arts&#8217; bantamweight division, Filipino Kevin Belingon is preparing to face his old rival, Brazilian Bibiano Fernandes, in a fifth and final showdown at the ONE 171 (ONE 171: Qatar) event by ONE Championship, which will take place on Thursday, February 20, at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kick-kickboxing-muay-thai","8":"category-one-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5365,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363\/revisions\/5365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}