ONE Championship: One X (postponed)

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Fernandes vs. Lineker
John Lineker, TKO, R2
Lock

Man this card is stacked. I like every fighter on the card

Fernandes vs. Lineker
Bibiano Fernandes, SUB, R2
I expect this fight to be very similar to Bibiano's fight with Martin Nguyen.

Le vs. Tonon
Garry Tonon, SUB, R2
This is a classic striker vs grappler match-up.

Fernandes vs. Lineker
John Lineker, DEC
just came here to casually pick Lineker and Johnson(he's not available to pick yet)

If Rodtang has a fast start, he demolishes DJ in the opening round. But he's a slow, violent starter and normally that's OK. But with an MMA R2, **** could get dangerous for him. I hope he comes in, guns blazing, and wrecks Mighty Mouse. I like DJ also, though. So I wouldn't be upset to see him get it done in one of the MMA rounds. I just like watching Rodtang decimate people. Sry. 

Lineker vs. Bibiano is legitimately, imo, one of the best fights ONE has ever booked. A lot of people really like the emphasize the fact that Bibiano is 41-years-old, but I'm not sure why. Yes he's getting up there in age, but dude hasn't lost many steps at all and still looks pretty close to top form. Until he starts to noticeably, drastically have weak performances consistently, I'll always be hyped for a Bibiano Fernandes fight. 

Now... against John Lineker?! Come the **** on! This will be amazing. I'm not sure who I favor yet. I'm expecting a finish in R3, R4, or R5. But I'm not sure who gets it done. I'm stoked for this. If it went the full 25-minutes, I wouldn't complain either.

Le/Tonon is a good fight. But I'd be lowkey surprised to see Tonon win that one. We'll see, though!

I feel like DJ will Sub Rodtang in round 2 if he survives round 1

Ham vs. Zamboanga II
Seo Hee Ham, DEC
ONE is salty huh?

I love watching ONE but they gotta get their champions defending a lot more often. It's a shame to see someone like Bibiano not having a fight for 2 years. 

Fernandes vs. Lineker
John Lineker, TKO, R3
Will take a sec for short stuff to find the range when he does expect a fusillade!

I'd actually be very surprised if Tonon can get a win over Le. Le has great standup in comparison to the rest of the ONE FC roster, a long time trainer and student at 50/50 academy and has an BJJ Brown belt under Ryan Hall, I'll let you decide that's worth. In contrast Garry in all of his fights has looked awkward on the feet and his striking leaves a lot to be desired. His takedowns are good but he'll often get over excited, immediately advance position for a submission and lose it all together. It wasn't that long ago someone like Rahul Raju and Matsushima were stuffing submission after submission and finding ways to their feet. If they can do it without much BJJ expertise I struggle to see how Tonon can get it done against a Brown belt who's the far more experienced MMA fighter. 

* Edited at 10.13.2021, 3:02 PM ET *