Team Lakay Coach
Predicts Knockout Win by Folayang
Team Lakay Coach Mark Sangiao predicts Eduard Folayang will knock out his Japanese opponent,Kotetso Boku, in the ONE Fighting Championship {ONE FC} event on May 2, revealing that the Team Lakay fighter has improved a lot.
"But if Eduard won't be able to knock Boku out, I'm sure it's going to be a great fight until the third round and it may go to a decision," Sangiao said.
He admitted that Boku is a great fighter, especially in boxing. "He is one of the best boxers in the ONE FC Lightweight Division."
Compared to Folayang's past opponents, Sangiao said Boku is faster and is also a good striker.
"Eduard is undergoing intense training in all the aspects of mixed martial arts, standing and on the ground. There are some differences from some of the routines that we were doing before," Sangiao said. Folayang's training regimen includes strength and conditioning in the morning, skills training in the afternoon, and sparring sessions twice a week. "We are focusing on all aspects of the game. " Coach said.
A hired foreign wrestling coach, likewise comes up to Baguio City every other week, to train Folayang and the other Team Lakay fighters. Ground game, or wrestling, has been identified in the past as a weakness among these Filipino MMA fighters - which prompted Team Lakay to hire a foreign wrestling coach.
But if Filipino MMA fighters have a weakness in their arsenal, so does Boku, Sangiao said.
"We see some weaknesses in Boku's skills and that's one thing we are trying to focus on right now, but this is MMA so we are preparing in all aspects of the game. We see some holes in Boku's skills and I hope we could address that during the fight." he said.
"We see some weaknesses in Boku's skills and that's one thing we are trying to focus on right now, but this is MMA so we are preparing in all aspects of the game. We see some holes in Boku's skills and I hope we could address that during the fight." he said.
Folayang (13-4) and boku b(21-9-2) will clash in ONE FC: Rise of Heroes' co-main event headlined by the bantamweight world championship battle between Brazilian Bibiano Fernandez and Japanese Masakatsu Ueda, at the Mall of Asia (MoA) Arena.
In an earlier interview, Folayang expressed confidence that he will win against the Japanese.
"Mananalo ako. Magaling siya sa striking pero magaling din ako. Malakas ako sa kanya sa takedown." he said. ###
[The four file photos above were taken by Brosi Gonzales
{last April 2} at the Ultimate Fitness Gym at Metrowalk, Pasig]
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