BANAUE, Ifugao -- As a
show of pride and adulation for his recent feat, folks and officials of this
province held a motorcade in five municipalities of the province to
honor Ifugao sports warrior Kevin “The Silencer” Belingon recently.
The motorcade started
early morning at Banaue Hotel passing through the towns of Hingyon, Lagawe,
Lamut and ended up in Kiangan where Belingon hails, to the cheering crowds
gathered to congratulate and see him personally.
A short program
was held at the Kiangan municipal hall followed by a public lunch called
“hamul”.
Belingon represented the
Philippines under Team Lakay during the thrilling five round match held in Manila
last July 25 and won via a unanimous decision.
The 30-year old mixed
martial art expert defeated Australian-Vietnamese fighter Martin “Situ-Asian”
Nguyen, a two-division title holder champion of the One Fighting Championship
group and wrestled the vacant Interim Bantamweight Division title belt for his
first championship.
Nguyen previously
defeated One Fighting Lightweight Champion Eduardo Folayang via a knockout for
his second title belt before he succumbed to “The Silencer” Belingon who
incidentally belongs to the same team as Folayang.
“This belt is not
mine but our championship belt because of your prayers and support,” Belingon
said during the program.
His mother Lydia, a
supervisor at the Ifugao Schools Division Office, added that “Kevin’s victory is
God’s affirmation in all of us.” -- PIA Ifugao
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