Caruso vs Folayang

Who won Caruso vs Folayang?

Tony Caruso beat Eduard Folayang by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix, on Friday 30th October 2020 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tony Caruso.

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).

Caruso vs Folayang stats

Tony Caruso stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Eduard Folayang made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Tony Caruso's One Championship record stood at 1-1-0, while Eduard Folayang's came in at 13-11-0.

The stats suggested Folayang had an advantage in power over Caruso, with a 27% knock out percentage over Caruso's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Caruso had a massive advantage over Folayang, boasting a 57% submission rate over Folayang's 9%.

Tony Caruso was the younger man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

Caruso had a height advantage of 5 inches over Folayang.

Caruso was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 23 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 5 years and 7 months later than Folayang, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 63 less professional rounds, 21 to Folayang's 84.

Caruso vs Folayang form

Eduard Folayang had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Pieter Buist at ONE Championship – Fire & Fury on 31st January 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mall Of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Previous to that, he had won against Tsogookhuu Amarsanaa at ONE Championship – Masters of Fate on 8th November 2019 by split decision in the 3rd round at Mall Of Asia Arena, Manila.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Eddie Alvarez at ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes on 2nd August 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila.

Before that, he had been defeated 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.

He had beaten 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.

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Folayang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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