TEAM Lakay's Danny Kingad and Kevin Belingon suffered tough defeats at ONE: Winter Warriors II on Friday in Singapore.
Kingad, the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix runner-up, bowed to No. 4-ranked Kairat Akhmetov via unanimous decision in the main event.
The former ONE flyweight world champion staged a wrestling clinic to frustrate the second-ranked Igorot warrior in all three rounds of a match that was three years in the making.
Akhmetov inched closer at another shot at the crown with his 28-2 card while Kingad fell to 14-3 in his return to the ONE Circle.
Shock Belingon loss
Meanwhile, Belingon suffered a shock second-round technical knockout loss to Kwon Won Il.
The Korean connected with a deadly body shot that floored the former ONE bantamweight world champion 52 seconds into round two.
The loss sent Belingon to his fourth straight defeat to sink to a 20-9 record, while pushing Kwon to an 11-3 record.
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