ONE Championship: Bibiano Fernandes looks to ‘move forward’ as Covid-19 rules John Lineker out; promotion trying to rebook title fight for next event


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Bibiano Fernandes will not be fighting John Lineker this Friday. The Canada-based Brazilian, who rules over the ONE Championship bantamweight division, was slated to defend his belt against his countryman John Lineker in the main event of this weekend’s Bad Blood card in Singapore. Unfortunately, Lineker has been forced out of the match-up, having tested positive for Covid-19. The news was first reported by MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz. It’s the second time the fight has fallen through, after being postponed from December, and Fernandes is understandably frustrated. “I’m very disappointed,” Fernandes told the Post roughly three hours after he learned...