Eduard Folayang
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Eduard Folayang (born November 22, 1984) is a Filipino
mixed martial artist and wushu
practitioner. He is the reigning welterweight champion of the Universal Reality Combat Championship
(URCC), the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the Philippines and also a participant in Martial Combat in Singapore.
Folayang is a member of Team Lakay Wushu
in Baguio City
which is also home to URCC pinweight champion Roy Docyogen
, URCC flyweight champion Kevin Belingon
and URCC Lightweight champion Honorio Banario
.
Prior to joining Team Lakay Wushu, Folayang was a high school teacher in Mountain Province
. The Baguio native made his first Martial Combat debut on June 17, 2010, defeating Slovakian fighter Egon Racz via guillotine choke early in the first round.
Folayang has won several international Wushu tournaments, including gold medals in the last two South East Asian Games, a silver medal in the 2006 Doha Asian Games, and bronze medals in both the 2005 World Wushu Championship and the 2002 Busan Asian Games.
Folayang started training when he was 16 years old under the tutorship of head coach Tony Candelaria, who helped him to improve his skills and discipline.
(URCC), the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the Philippines. The Baguio native fought undefeated welterweight champion Allan Co and defeated him by TKO in round 1. With the win, Folayang became the new title holder.
After 5 wins, Folayang suffered his first defeat at the hands of Guam's Jon Tuck on November 21, 2009. This was his second bout in the Gorilla Warfare promotion.
On July 14, 2010, Folayang fought Mongolian Bao She Ri Gu Leng in a lightweight fight, with the latter's Superfight lightweight title at stake; the event was held at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. The Filipino fighter won by unanimous decision after 5 round, to become the new champion.
On October 16, 2010 Folayang fought South African Muay Thai specialist Vuyisile Colossa
at Martial Combat 12. Folayang won a decision after scoring multiple takedowns in the first two rounds even though Colossa dominated the third round.
MMA
fighter
Ole Laursen
. Laursen, however, suffered a knee injury in training and was replaced by A Sol Kwon
, a South Korean on a six fight winning streak. Folayang won the fight via unanimous decision.
|align=center|10-1
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A Sol Kwon
|Decision (unanimous)
|ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion
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|align='center'|3
|align='center'|5:00
|Kallang
, Singapore
|Fight Of The Night
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|Win
|align=center|9-1
|
Vuyisile Colossa
|Decision (unanimous)
|Martial Combat 12
|
|align='center'|3
|align='center'|5:00
|Sentosa
, Singapore
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|-
|Win
|align=center|8-1
|
Bao She Ri Gu Leng
|Decision (unanimous)
|Martial Combat 5
|
|align='center'|5
|align='center'|5:00
|Sentosa
, Singapore
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|7-1
|
Egon Racz
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|Martial Combat 4
|
|align='center'|1
|align='center'|4:40
|Sentosa
, Singapore
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|-
|Win
|align=center|6-1
| Doo Jae Jung
|TKO (punches)
|URCC 16: Reckoning
|
|align='center'|1
|align='center'|3:15
|Makati City
, Philippines
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|5-1
|
Jon Tuck
|KO (punches)
|Gorilla Warfare 3: Confrontation
|
|align='center'|1
|align='center'|0:08
|Saipan
, Northern Mariana Islands
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|5-0
|
A.J. Aguon
|Decision (unanimous)
|URCC 14: Aggression
|
|align='center'|2
|align='center'|10:00
|Makati City
, Philippines
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|-
|Win
|align=center|4-0
| Jerome Norita
|TKO (punches)
|Gorilla Warfare 2: Battle Ready
|
|align='center'|1
|align='center'|0:52
|Saipan
, Northern Mariana Islands
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|3-0
|
Jerry Legaspi
|TKO (strikes)
|URCC 13: Indestructible
|
|align='center'|1
|align='center'|0:15
|Makati City
, Philippines
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|2-0
| Caloy Baduria
|TKO (punches)
|URCC 12: Supremacy
|
|align='center'|1
|align='center'|3:41
|Makati City
, Philippines
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|1-0
| Allan Co
|TKO (punches)
|URCC 10
|
|align='center'|1
|align='center'|7:24
|Taguig City
, Philippines
|Won URCC Welterweight Champion
Eduard Folayang (born November 22, 1984) is a Filipino
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
mixed martial artist and wushu
Wushu (sport)
The sport of wushu is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was created in the People's Republic of China after 1949, in an attempt to nationalize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts...
practitioner. He is the reigning welterweight champion of the Universal Reality Combat Championship
Universal Reality Combat Championship
Universal Reality Combat Championship is the first professional mixed martial arts event based in the Philippines. Its inaugural event was held at the Casino Filipino Amphitheater in Paranaque City, Philippines on November 23, 2002...
(URCC), the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the Philippines and also a participant in Martial Combat in Singapore.
Folayang is a member of Team Lakay Wushu
Team Lakay Wushu
Team Lakay, is a martial arts group based in Baguio, Philippines. Officially named Lakay MMA Tap Team, it is also known as Lakay Wushu or Lakay MMA. The group was founded in 2003 by MMA fighter Marquez Sangiao...
in Baguio City
Baguio City
The City of Baguio is a highly urbanized city in northern Luzon in the Philippines. Baguio City was established by Americans in 1900 at the site of an Ibaloi village known as Kafagway...
which is also home to URCC pinweight champion Roy Docyogen
Roy Docyogen
Roy Docyogen is a Filipino mixed martial artist. He is a Wushu fighter and the reigning pinweight champion of the URCC, the biggest MMA promotion in the Philippines. . He has a perfect record of 9-0 and is one of the top pinweight fighters in Asia. As of September 15th 2011 he was ranked the number...
, URCC flyweight champion Kevin Belingon
Kevin Belingon
Kevin Belingon is a Filipino mixed martial artist from Kiangan, Ifugao. He is a Wushu expert and the reigning flyweight champion of the URCC, the biggest MMA promotion in the Philippines...
and URCC Lightweight champion Honorio Banario
Honorio Banario
Honorio Banario is a Filipino mixed martial artist. He is a Wushu fighter and the reigning lightweight champion of the URCC, the biggest MMA promotion in the Philippines...
.
Prior to joining Team Lakay Wushu, Folayang was a high school teacher in Mountain Province
Mountain Province
Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc and borders, clockwise from the south, Ifugao, Benguet, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Kalinga, and Isabela.Mountain Province is sometimes incorrectly named Mountain in some...
. The Baguio native made his first Martial Combat debut on June 17, 2010, defeating Slovakian fighter Egon Racz via guillotine choke early in the first round.
Folayang has won several international Wushu tournaments, including gold medals in the last two South East Asian Games, a silver medal in the 2006 Doha Asian Games, and bronze medals in both the 2005 World Wushu Championship and the 2002 Busan Asian Games.
Biography
Folayang was born in Baguio City on November 22, 1984.Folayang started training when he was 16 years old under the tutorship of head coach Tony Candelaria, who helped him to improve his skills and discipline.
URCC/Gorilla Warfare
On June 30, 2007, Folayang made his professional debut in the Universal Reality Combat ChampionshipUniversal Reality Combat Championship
Universal Reality Combat Championship is the first professional mixed martial arts event based in the Philippines. Its inaugural event was held at the Casino Filipino Amphitheater in Paranaque City, Philippines on November 23, 2002...
(URCC), the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the Philippines. The Baguio native fought undefeated welterweight champion Allan Co and defeated him by TKO in round 1. With the win, Folayang became the new title holder.
After 5 wins, Folayang suffered his first defeat at the hands of Guam's Jon Tuck on November 21, 2009. This was his second bout in the Gorilla Warfare promotion.
Martial Combat
Folayang entered the Singapore based promotion Martial Combat in 2010. On June 17, the multi-titled wushu expert took on Slovakian fighter Egon Racz in the MC - Martial Combat 5 event. Folayang won the match via guillotine choke early in the first round.On July 14, 2010, Folayang fought Mongolian Bao She Ri Gu Leng in a lightweight fight, with the latter's Superfight lightweight title at stake; the event was held at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. The Filipino fighter won by unanimous decision after 5 round, to become the new champion.
On October 16, 2010 Folayang fought South African Muay Thai specialist Vuyisile Colossa
Vuyisile Colossa
Vuyisile "The Cheetah" Colossa is a South African middleweight kickboxer, Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist. He represents and is currently residing in Hong Kong.-Biography and career:...
at Martial Combat 12. Folayang won a decision after scoring multiple takedowns in the first two rounds even though Colossa dominated the third round.
One FC
He was originally scheduled to make his debut in One FC against Muay Thai Champ turned MMA star in Asia fellow FilipinoFilipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
MMA
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter
Fighter
Fighter or The Fighter may refer to:*Warrior, a person skilled in combat*Soldier, someone in the army*Fighter aircraft, a warplane designed to destroy or damage enemy warplanes in air-to-air combatFilms...
Ole Laursen
Ole Laursen
Ole 'Iron Fist' Laursen is a Danish welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer and lightweight mixed martial artist, fighting out of Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand.-Biography:...
. Laursen, however, suffered a knee injury in training and was replaced by A Sol Kwon
A Sol Kwon
A Sol Kwon is a mixed martial artist from South Korea. He has a background in boxing, wrestling and kickboxing.-MMA career:...
, a South Korean on a six fight winning streak. Folayang won the fight via unanimous decision.
Mixed martial arts record
|Win|align=center|10-1
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A Sol KwonA Sol Kwon
A Sol Kwon is a mixed martial artist from South Korea. He has a background in boxing, wrestling and kickboxing.-MMA career:...
|Decision (unanimous)
|ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion
ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion
ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion was the inaugural mixed martial arts event held by ONE Fighting Championship. The event took place on September 3, 2011 at the 12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.-Background:...
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|align='center'|5:00
|Kallang
Kallang
Kallang is an urban planning area and a subdivision located in the southeastern part of Singapore.It is probably best known for being the location of the Singapore Indoor Stadium & the old National Stadium, as well as the new Singapore Sports Hub...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
|Fight Of The Night
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|Win
|align=center|9-1
|
Vuyisile ColossaVuyisile Colossa
Vuyisile "The Cheetah" Colossa is a South African middleweight kickboxer, Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist. He represents and is currently residing in Hong Kong.-Biography and career:...
|Decision (unanimous)
|Martial Combat 12
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|align='center'|3
|align='center'|5:00
|Sentosa
Sentosa
Sentosa, which translates to peace and tranquility in Malay , is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some five million people a year...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
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|Win
|align=center|8-1
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Bao She Ri Gu Leng|Decision (unanimous)
|Martial Combat 5
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|align='center'|5
|align='center'|5:00
|Sentosa
Sentosa
Sentosa, which translates to peace and tranquility in Malay , is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some five million people a year...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
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|Win
|align=center|7-1
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Egon Racz|Submission (guillotine choke)
|Martial Combat 4
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|align='center'|1
|align='center'|4:40
|Sentosa
Sentosa
Sentosa, which translates to peace and tranquility in Malay , is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some five million people a year...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
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|Win
|align=center|6-1
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Doo Jae Jung|TKO (punches)
|URCC 16: Reckoning
|
|align='center'|1
|align='center'|3:15
|Makati City
Makati City
The City of Makati is one of the 17 cities that make up Metro Manila, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines and one of the major financial, commercial and economic hubs in Asia...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
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|Loss
|align=center|5-1
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Jon Tuck|KO (punches)
|Gorilla Warfare 3: Confrontation
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|align='center'|1
|align='center'|0:08
|Saipan
Saipan
Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392...
, Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...
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|Win
|align=center|5-0
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A.J. Aguon|Decision (unanimous)
|URCC 14: Aggression
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|align='center'|2
|align='center'|10:00
|Makati City
Makati City
The City of Makati is one of the 17 cities that make up Metro Manila, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines and one of the major financial, commercial and economic hubs in Asia...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
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|Win
|align=center|4-0
|
Jerome Norita|TKO (punches)
|Gorilla Warfare 2: Battle Ready
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|align='center'|1
|align='center'|0:52
|Saipan
Saipan
Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392...
, Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...
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|Win
|align=center|3-0
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Jerry Legaspi|TKO (strikes)
|URCC 13: Indestructible
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|align='center'|1
|align='center'|0:15
|Makati City
Makati City
The City of Makati is one of the 17 cities that make up Metro Manila, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines and one of the major financial, commercial and economic hubs in Asia...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
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|Win
|align=center|2-0
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Caloy Baduria|TKO (punches)
|URCC 12: Supremacy
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|align='center'|1
|align='center'|3:41
|Makati City
Makati City
The City of Makati is one of the 17 cities that make up Metro Manila, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines and one of the major financial, commercial and economic hubs in Asia...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
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|Win
|align=center|1-0
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Allan Co|TKO (punches)
|URCC 10
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|align='center'|1
|align='center'|7:24
|Taguig City
Taguig City
Taguig is a city in Metro Manila in the Philippines. From a thriving fishing community along the shores of Laguna de Bay, it is now an important residential, commercial and industrial center...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
|Won URCC Welterweight Champion
Achievements
- 2002 Asian Games2002 Asian GamesThe 2002 Asian Games, also known as XIV Asiad is a multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Busan is the second city, after Seoul in 1986 to host the Games. A total of 419 events in 38 sports were contested by 7,711 athletes from 44 countries...
– Bronze medal - 2006 Asian Games2006 Asian GamesThe 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the games...
- Silver medal - URCC Welterweight champion
- Martial Combat Superfight lightweight champion
- #1 Pound for Pound fighter in Philippines