Aoki vs Folayang

Who won Aoki vs Folayang?

Shinya Aoki beat Eduard Folayang by submission in the 1st round during the main event of ONE Championship – A New Era, on Sunday 31st March 2019 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Lightweight championship.

Aoki vs Folayang stats

Shinya Aoki stepped into the octagon with a record of 42 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 26 by submission.

Eduard Folayang made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Shinya Aoki's One Championship record stood at 12-5-0, while Eduard Folayang's came in at 13-11-0.

The stats suggested Folayang had an advantage in power over Aoki, with a 29% knock out percentage over Aoki's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aoki had a massive advantage over Folayang, boasting a 62% submission rate over Folayang's 10%.

Shinya Aoki was the older man by 1 year, at 41 years old.

Aoki had a height advantage of 4 inches over Folayang.

Aoki was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 3 years and 7 months earlier than Folayang, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 96 to Folayang's 84.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Eduard Folayang had been fighting more than Shinya Aoki.

Going to this contest, Shinya Aoki had last fought 6 years, 3 months and 7 days ago, while Eduard Folayang's last outing had been 6 years, 1 month and 21 days ago.

Aoki's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Folayang's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.7 rounds on average.

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