Folayang vs Marques

Who won Folayang vs Marques?

Eduard Folayang beat Edson Marques by during the prelims of ONE on Prime Video 5, on Friday 2nd December 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the 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 Marques stats

Eduard Folayang stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Edson Marques made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Eduard Folayang's One Championship record stood at 13-11-0, while Edson Marques' came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Marques had a large advantage in power over Folayang, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Folayang's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Marques had a slight advantage over Folayang, with a 10% submission rate over Folayang's 5%.

Eduard Folayang was the older man by 4 years, at 39 years old.

Marques had a height advantage of 5 inches over Folayang.

Folayang was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 5 years and 3 months earlier than Marques, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 63 more professional rounds, 84 to Marques' 21.

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Marques' last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Folayang vs Marques?

Eduard Folayang was a 21/20 (+110) underdog going into the contest, while Edson Marques made his way into the ring at 7/10 (-150) with oddsmakers.