Folayang vs Khan

Who won Folayang vs Khan?

Eduard Folayang beat Amir Khan by during the main card of ONE Fight Night 14, on Friday 29th September 2023 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Eduard Folayang.

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).

Folayang vs Khan stats

Eduard Folayang stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 13 loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Amir Khan made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 9 loses and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Khan had a massive power advantage over Folayang, boosting at 64% knock out percentage over Folayang's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Khan had a slight advantage over Folayang, with a 14% submission rate over Folayang's 5%.

Eduard Folayang was the older man by 10 years, at 38 years old.

Khan had a height advantage of 4 inches over Folayang.

Folayang was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 years and 7 months earlier than Khan, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 81 to Khan's 46.

Folayang vs Khan form

Folayang had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Edson Marques at ONE on Prime Video 5 on 2nd December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had beat Wayne Parr at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Lipeng Zhang at ONE Championship – Battleground 2 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he had lost to Shinya Aoki at ONE on TNT 4 on 28th April 2021 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had been beaten 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.

Khan had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Keanu Subba at ONE Championship 160 on 26th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Ryogo Takahashi at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Dae Sung Park at ONE Championship – Collision Course 2 on 25th December 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he had beat Rahul Raju at ONE Championship – Reign of Dynasties on 9th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had been beaten by Kimihiro Eto at ONE Championship – King of the Jungle on 28th February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Eduard Folayang had last fought 9 months and 28 days ago, while Amir Khan's last outing had been 1 year, 1 month and 4 days ago.

Folayang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 11 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Khan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Folayang vs Khan?

Eduard Folayang was a 4/6 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Amir Khan made his way into the ring at 6/5 (+110) with oddsmakers.