Vera keeps crown, Folayang regains titlehome/News/Top Stories/Vera keeps crown, Folayang regains titleReigning ONE heavyweight world champion Brandon “The Truth” Vera knocked out Mauro “The Hammer” Cerilli in the 64th second of the first round to retain the heavyweight title in ONE: Conquest of Champions on Friday evening at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. It was indeed a good night for Philippine MMA as Eduard “Landslide” Folayang became a champion again after losing the title a year ago at the same venue. Khan attempted to execute takedowns in the fourth round but Folayang managed to maintain his stand-up game. Meanwhile, Honorio Banario beat Rahul “The Kerala Krusher” Raju of India in their 73-kilogram catchweight contest via unanimous decision while Jeremy Miado defeated Peng Xue Wen of China via second-round technical knockout. In the kickboxing division, Saemapetch Fairtex won over Alaverdi Ramazanov by unanimous decision while Hiroaki “Kaibutsukun” Suzuki of Japan subdued Deividas |“The Lithuanian Savage” Danyla of Lithunia also by unanimous decision.

Source: Manila Times November 24, 2018 16:22 UTC