Eduard Folayang is one of just three fighters in ONE Championship history to hold the organization’s lightweight title. He plans to make this reign all his own. Prior to Folayang’s title-winning victory at ONE Championship 49 in November, it was Shinya Aoki (39-7) who ruled atop the division for nearly four years. Aoki has long been regarded as one of the top fighters at his weight class, but Folayang (17-5) knocked him off his throne with a third-round TKO victory . Folayang hopes to achieve a run as champion, which supersedes Aoki, and he will get his first chance to prove his divisional dominance on Friday when he faces Ev Ting (13-3) in the ONE Championship 54 headliner at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines. The card streams via online pay-per-view.
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