Singapore - A new One Championship Lighweight Champion has been crowned as Eduard "Landslide" Folayang "shocked the world" by beating Shinya Aoki in the 3rd round. Meanwhile, Marat Gafurov defended his One Featherweight Championship in a rematch against Mongolia's Jadambaa Narangtungalag.
Eduard "Landslide" Folayang of Baguio City, Philippines completes his journey through ONE Championship's lightweight ranks by stopping Asian MMA legend Shinya "Tobikan Judan" Aoki by technical knockout within three rounds to clinch the ONE Lightweight World Championship. Aoki dominated the first round with his Brazilian jiu-jitsu, but Folayang came alive in the second round as he opened up his striking, showcasing his world-class wushu talent. In the third round, Folayang rocked Aoki against the cage fence and finished him off with ground-and-pound.
In the co-main event of the evening, reigning ONE Featherweight World Champion Marat "Cobra" Gafurov of Russia successfully defended his title against challenger and top contender Narantungalag "Tungaa" Jadambaa of Mongolia. It was the champion's second title defense, after lifting the belt from Jadambaa a year ago. After a brief exchange of strikes, action quickly went to the mat when Jadambaa missed a kick and fell to the canvas. Gafurov followed the Mongolian down and that's where he worked on the submission. Jadambaa was able to defend for a few moments, but once Gafurov re-established himself, the choke came effortlessly.
Official results for ONE: DEFENDING HONOR
ONE Lightweight World Championship bout: Eduard Folayang defeats Shinya Aoki by TKO (Strikes) at 0:41 minutes of round 3. ONE Featherweight World Championship bout: Marat Gafurov defeats Narantungalag Jadambaa by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:50 minutes of round 1.
Lightweight bout: Amir Khan defeats Vaughn Donayre by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:22 minutes of round 3. Women's strawweight bout: Michelle Nicolini defeats Mona Samir by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:16 minutes of round 1.
Lightweight bout: Roger Huerta defeats Adrian Pang by Split Decision (SD) after 3 rounds. Featherweight bout: Kotetsu Boku defeats Timofey Nastyukhin by TKO (Injury) at 5:00 minutes of round 1.
Women's flyweight bout: Tiffany Teo defeats Walaa Abbas by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:15 minutes of round 2. Featherweight bout: Ahmed Mujtaba defeats Benedict Ang by Unanimous Decision (UD) after 3 rounds.
Flyweight bout: Niko Soe defeats Muhamad Haidar by Submission (Armbar) at 1:17 minutes of round 1. Stay tuned to GamenGuide for more news amd updates!
