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Before John Lineker dukes it out with Fabricio Andrade, ONE Championships biggest stars and personalities lay down their predictions.

John Lineker is eager to remind Fabricio Andrade that words mean nothing inside the cage.

Things are boiling over in ONE Championship’s bantamweight division, especially now that a brash, young, and ultra-talented fighter is climbing the ranks.  

John Lineker (35-9) is the ONE Championship bantamweight champion, the top dog of his division. After dethroning Bibiano Fernandes at

Preview and predictions for ONE Championship: Warriors of Light, which takes place on Friday in Bangkok, Thailand. The event is headlined by a Muay Thai battle between Nong-O Gaiyanghadao and Hiroaki Suzuki.

Malykhin Earns US$100,000 Performance Bonus for His World Title-Winning Effort Jonathan Haggerty, Woo Sung Hoon Each Earn US$50,000 Performance Bonuses

ONE: "Bad Blood" is set for the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday night (local time) and was set to be headlined by an all-Brazilian bantamweight title fight between Bibiano Fernandes and John Lineker but the former tested positive for COVID-19.

Despite scoring takedowns after takedowns, Filipino-Kiwi fighter Mark Abelardo absorbed a unanimous decision defeat to Chen Rui of China in their bantamweight bout in ONE: Bad Blood at the Singapore Indoor Stadium Friday night, Feb. 11 Chen Rui (left) celebrates after scoring a unanimous decision

No one worked harder at the most recent One Championship card than referee Olivier Coste, who drew the assignment for every match of the night.

In the main event, undefeated Russian powerhouse Anatoly Malykhin maintained his unblemished record, knocking out previously