‘The Sniper’ Stephen Loman faces his largest take a look at so far at ONE on Prime Video 4. Nonetheless, his teammate Jeremy Pacatiw believes that he’s prepared for the problem.
In his third combat with ONE Championship, Loman will face the previous two-time bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes on November 19 on the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Loman’s fellow Crew Lakay scholar Jeremy Pacatiw believes that Loman could have a solution to a few of Fernandes’ largest strengths.
In an interview with ONE Championship, Pacatiw drew from his experiences throughout fitness center coaching alongside Loman to supply some ideas on the match-up:
“We all know how good of a grappler Bibiano Fernandes is. When he takes it to the bottom, he’s very harmful. However Stephen Loman may be very sturdy, one of many strongest on the workforce. His energy may be very onerous to take care of. He’ll give Bibiano a couple of issues.”
Crew Lakay are not any strangers to Bibiano Fernandes’ grappling talents that noticed him dominate the bantamweight division till he misplaced the title earlier this yr. Fernandes submitted Loman’s teammate Kevin Belingon twice throughout their heated rivalry within the circle.
The combat shall be Bibiano Fernandes’ return to the circle after shedding his world championship to ‘Fingers of Stone’ John Lineker in March at ONE: Lights Out.
“Stephen Loman is examined” – Mark Sangiao says Bibiano Fernandes will face large problem towards ‘The Sniper’
Crew Lakay head coach Mark Sangiao believes that his fighter Stephen Loman has what it takes to trigger former world champion Bibiano Fernandes a number of points.
At present undefeated in ONE Championship with two victories, ‘The Sniper’ has appeared spectacular so far however will face an enormous step-up in competitors when he takes on Bibiano Fernandes, who has dominated the bantamweight division for thus lengthy.
Regardless of his age and the actual fact he’s coming into the combat off of a loss to John Lineker, Bibiano Fernandes proved in that combat that he’s under no circumstances previous it. Fernandes confirmed nice coronary heart to remain within the combat and was even in a position to damage Lineker at instances.
While Crew Lakay is nicely conscious of the risk that Fernandes presents, Mark Sangiao believes that Loman may also ask Fernandes questions within the circle. He advised The MMA Tremendous-Fan:
“When Bibiano takes you down, he has a superb management. He’s excellent in jiu-jitsu however Stephen Loman is examined. He’s the longest champion on the workforce. He holds the belt in one other group. That is additionally an enormous problem for Bibiano.”
Watch the behind-the-scenes vlog under:
