B.C.-based mixed martial artist Bibiano Fernandes to retire [Video]

After devoting decades of his life to jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts (MMA), Bibiano Fernandes will finish his career with one last MMA fight against long-time rival Kevin Belingon on Feb. 20. 

Fernandes has won multiple Pan American and world jiu-jitsu championships throughout the last three decades. He’s opened his own martial arts school, Flash Academy Martial Arts, and says he’s got a lot of students he needs to focus on. 

“I travel a lot and I think it’s the time for me to pass the knowledge,” he told CBC’s On The Coast host Gloria Macarenko. 

He sat down for an interview with CBC Radio before he boarded the plane to Qatar for his final fight. 

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