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 36 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

Eduard Folayang had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Tsogookhuu Amarsanaa at ONE Championship – Masters of Fate on 8th November 2019 by in the 3rd round at Mall Of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had defeated Aziz Pakhrudinov at ONE Championship – Reign of Kings on 27th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila.

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Folayang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 9 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 24 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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