Aoki vs Folayang

Who won Aoki vs Folayang?

Shinya Aoki beat Eduard Folayang by submission in the 1st round, during the prelims of ONE on TNT 4, on Wednesday 28th April 2021 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

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).

Aoki vs Folayang stats

Shinya Aoki stepped into the ring with a record of 46 wins, 9 loses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 29 by submission.

Eduard Folayang made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 10 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Folayang had advantage in power over Aoki, with a 27% knock out percentage over Aoki's 9%.

Shinya Aoki was the older man by 2 years, at 38 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 13 more professional rounds, 92 to Folayang's 79.

Aoki vs Folayang form

Shinya Aoki had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated James Nakashima at ONE Championship – Unbreakable on 22nd January 2021 by in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had defeated Honorio Banario at ONE Championship – Century – Part 2 on 13th October 2019 by in the 1st round at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Christian Lee at ONE Championship – Enter the Dragon on 17th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Before that, he had beat Eduard Folayang at ONE Championship – A New Era on 31st March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

He had won against Ev Ting at ONE Championship – Kingdom of Heroes on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

Eduard Folayang had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to 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 beat 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 lost to 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 beaten 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 defeated 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.

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 7 months and 27 days ago, while Eduard Folayang's last outing had been 1 year, 7 months and 18 days ago.

Aoki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 3 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 2 years, 9 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.