No matter the method, ONE FC 11's Bibiano Fernandes fighting for his fans

Bibiano Fernandes knows why he’s fighting. It’s not for belts. It’s not for personal glory.

It’s for the fans.

And that means if he has to pass on a quick finish to keep on giving a show, he’s apt to do it.

“I go in there to do my job and fight and be good for the fans,” Fernandes told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “People pay and want to watch you. Sometimes a choke is good – it’s a surprise. But sometimes it’s good to keep it going and see what happens. I don’t fight for me. I fight for the fans.”

On Friday, Fernandes will fight for the fans in Singapore, where he will put his ONE FC interim bantamweight title up against champion Soo Chul Kim to unify the belts.

“ONE FC 11: Total Domination” takes place Friday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. The main card streams via online pay-per-view.

And make no mistake, the fans do love Fernandes, who was a two-division champ at both bantamweight and featherweight for DREAM. The fans especially love him, he said, in the Philippines. Both of his fights for ONE FC have been there, including his win over Koetsu Okazaki in May to win the interim 135-pound title.

“The Philippines, my last fight there was crazy,” he said. “Trust me. I tried to leave after the fight, and people were stopping me. I don’t know how Singapore will be. But my last fight in Manila was crazy, that’s for sure. I said, ‘Please, I want to go to my room for a bit – I’m tired.’ But they all said, ‘We want pictures.’ And that’s the thing – I do this for my fans. In Manila, at the hotel, I go from my room to the elevator. I go down, I go up. I don’t try to go outside.”

It’s very much about the fighting life for Fernandes, who fights for the fans – but doesn’t have a Twitter account, just a single Facebook fan page to keep people updated.

When pressed, he said he’d consider expanding his reach on the social media front. But his priorities seem to be very squarely focused.

“I have three kids, so I wake up at 6 in the morning,” he said. “My kids get up at 6:30, so I have a 30-minute break to have my coffee and watch the news. But I don’t drink, I don’t go party – I just train and spend time with my family. That’s the key.”

And that key has helped him to a six-fight winning streak and 13 wins in his past 14 fights – not too shabby after starting 1-2 with losses to Urijah Faber and Norifumi Yamamoto.

Fernandes had a flirtation with the UFC in 2012, and even was linked to a fight for the promotion at UFC 149 in Calgary. But it never came together, and the Brazil native later said he never signed on the dotted line. Instead he took his talents to ONE FC, where he believes he has ample tests in front of him.

“My challenge is to keep moving forward and keep getting better – train hard and smart and see if my body can keep it going,” the 33-year-old said.

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