Buist vs Folayang

Who won Buist vs Folayang?

Pieter Buist beat Eduard Folayang by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of ONE Championship – Fire & Fury, on Friday 31st January 2020 at Mall Of Asia Arena in Manila.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Pieter Buist.

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).

Buist vs Folayang stats

Pieter Buist stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Eduard Folayang made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Pieter Buist's One Championship record stood at 3-2-0, while Eduard Folayang's came in at 13-11-0.

The stats suggested that Buist and Folayang have similar power, both with a 27% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Buist had a massive advantage over Folayang, boasting a 40% submission rate over Folayang's 9%.

Pieter Buist was the younger man by 3 years, at 37 years old.

Buist had a height advantage of 7 inches over Folayang.

Buist was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 5 years and 3 months later than Folayang, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 43 less professional rounds, 41 to Folayang's 84.

Buist vs Folayang form

Folayang had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Amir Khan at ONE Fight Night 14 on 29th September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had beaten Edson Marques at ONE on Prime Video 5 on 2nd December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Wayne Parr at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had lost to Lipeng Zhang at ONE Championship – Battleground 2 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had been beaten by Shinya Aoki at ONE on TNT 4 on 28th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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Folayang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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