Fernandes vs Nguyen

Who won Fernandes vs Nguyen?

Bibiano Fernandes beat Martin Nguyen by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of ONE Championship – Iron Will, on Saturday 24th March 2018 at Impact Arena in Bangkok.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Bibiano Fernandes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Bantamweight championship.

Fernandes vs Nguyen stats

Bibiano Fernandes stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Martin Nguyen made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Bibiano Fernandes' 16th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012. Martin Nguyen marked his 20th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Bibiano Fernandes' One Championship record stood at 13-3-0, while Martin Nguyen's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Nguyen had a massive power advantage over Fernandes, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Fernandes' 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Fernandes had a slight advantage over Nguyen, with a 38% submission rate over Nguyen's 30%.

Bibiano Fernandes was the older man by 9 years, at 45 years old.

Nguyen had a height advantage of 1 inch over Fernandes.

Fernandes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 7 years and 9 months earlier than Nguyen, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 78 to Nguyen's 51.

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