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Brandon Vera, Bibiano Fernandes Retain Titles at One Championship ‘Age of Domination’
- Updated: December 2, 2016
It felt like a walk in the park for Brandon Vera. Vera retained the One Championship heavyweight title, as he put away the previously unbeaten Hideki Sekine with a first-round body kick and follow-up punches in the “Age of Domination” main event on Friday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines. “The Truth” brought the woefully one-sided fight to a close 3:11 into round one.Sekine (7-1) never stood a chance. Faced with massive height and reach disadvantages, the muscle-bound Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt was little more than target practice for Vera (15-7). The Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran blasted Sekine with kicks to the body and head, appeared to break his nose with a knee strike from the clinch and shrugged off a feeble attempt at a single-leg takedown. Late in the first round, Vera doubled over his 43-year-old counterpart with a body kick and pounced with punches to force the finish. In the co-headliner, Bibiano Fernandes kept his stranglehold on the One Championship bantamweight crown with a hard-fought five-round split decision over …
