Folayang vs Marques

Who won Folayang vs Marques?

Eduard Folayang beat Edson Marques by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of ONE on Prime Video 5, on Friday 2nd December 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Folayang vs Marques stats

Eduard Folayang stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Edson Marques made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Eduard Folayang's One Championship record stood at 13-11-0, while Edson Marques' came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Marques had a large advantage in power over Folayang, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Folayang's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Marques had a slight advantage over Folayang, with a 10% submission rate over Folayang's 5%.

Eduard Folayang was the older man by 4 years, at 40 years old.

Marques had a height advantage of 5 inches over Folayang.

Folayang was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 5 years and 3 months earlier than Marques, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 63 more professional rounds, 84 to Marques' 21.

Folayang vs Marques form

Eduard Folayang had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Eddie Alvarez at ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes on 2nd August 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Shinya Aoki at ONE Championship – A New Era on 31st March 2019 by submission in the 1st round in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had won against Amir Khan at ONE Championship – Conquest of Champions on 23rd November 2018 by unanimous decision in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Before that, he had beaten Aziz Pakhrudinov at ONE Championship – Reign of Kings on 27th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila.

He had defeated Kharun Atlangeriev at ONE Championship – Unstoppable Dreams on 18th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

Folayang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Marques' last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Folayang vs Marques?

Eduard Folayang was a 21/20 (+110) underdog going into the contest, while Edson Marques made his way into the ring at 7/10 (-150) with oddsmakers.