Alvarez vs Folayang

Who won Alvarez vs Folayang?

Eddie Alvarez beat Eduard Folayang by submission in the 1st round during the main card of ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes, on Friday 2nd August 2019 at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Eddie Alvarez.

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).

Alvarez vs Folayang stats

Eddie Alvarez stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 17 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 21 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Eddie Alvarez's One Championship record stood at 1-2-0, while Eduard Folayang's came in at 13-11-0.

The stats suggested Alvarez had a large advantage in power over Folayang, boasting a 59% knock out percentage over Folayang's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Alvarez had an advantage over Folayang, with a 21% submission rate over Folayang's 10%.

Eddie Alvarez was the older man by 1 year, at 40 years old.

Alvarez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Folayang.

Alvarez was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 3 years and 6 months earlier than Folayang, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 77 to Folayang's 84.

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Alvarez's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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