Belingon destroys Leone, Lakay fighters win

KEVIN Belingon capped another fruitful night of Team Lakay fighters after stopping Andrew Leone in the main event of One Championship's Heroes of Honor at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City Friday evening.

Belingon dazzled once again with another ferocious display of striking, obliterating opponent Leone of the United States within two rounds that would possible give the Ifugao native a title rematch against bantamweight world champion Bibiano Fernandes in the near future.

Action was fierce and relentless from start to finish, and began with Belingon swarming Leone from the sound of the opening bell.

As the American tried desperately to stave off attacks which came from all directions, Belingon continued to put on the pressure.

In the second round, Belingon connected on a thunderous spinning side kick that sent Leone to the canvas, where he followed and unloaded an unending volley of strikes to earn the technical knockout victory and the GoDaddy KO of the Night.

Former ONE featherweight world champion Honorio Banario extended his winning streak to five where he edged out perennial contender Adrian Pang after three rounds.

Banario showcased his pinpoint striking early on, peppering Pang with his patented left hook and razor-sharp kicks.

Although Pang boldly traded strikes with his Filipino foe and found success in landing hard body shots, Banario showed superiority in ring generalship, creating spaces to clobber his opponent with long jabs and snapping kicks to the body.

As Pang stepped on the gas pedal and pressed the action in the third round, Banario’s intelligent movement notched him a split decision.

After falling short in her last outing, Gina Iniong of Team Lakay redeemed herself in front of a passionate hometown crowd, claiming a unanimous decision victory over former world title contender Jenny Huang.

Iniong savored every strike that she threw at Huang as the latter gallantly traded shots with the highly-decorated Filipina wushu practitioner.

Huang tried to change the complexion of the contest in the second round as she resorted to her grappling expertise, but Iniong surprisingly overpowered the submission specialist on the mat.

In the final round, Iniong continued to wear out Huang on the ground, working her way towards a hard-earned decision victory. Roderick Osis