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 40 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.

Aoki vs Folayang form

Shinya Aoki had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Mikey Musumeci at ONE Fight Night 15 on 6th October 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Saygid Izagakhmaev at ONE Championship 163 on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Yoshihiro Akiyama at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had won against Eduard Folayang at ONE on TNT 4 on 28th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had beaten James Nakashima at ONE Championship – Unbreakable on 22nd January 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Eduard Folayang had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this 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, Singapore.

Previous to 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had been defeated by Tony Caruso at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix on 30th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Shinya Aoki had last fought 6 months and 22 days ago, while Eduard Folayang's last outing had been 2 years, 1 month and 2 days ago.

Aoki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

Folayang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 5 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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