Reigning ONE Lightweight World champion Eduard Folayang and ONE Bantamweight king Kevin Belingon of Team Lakay headline the Filipino contingent in ONE Championship’s massive Tokyo fightcard dubbed “A New Era,” which will air LIVE on multiple media platforms on Sunday (March 31) at 6 pm.
 
For the first time, ABS-CBN Sports will have a simultaneous and multiplatform live coverage of a ONE Championship event on ABS-CBN S+A and S+A HD, the ABS-CBN Sports Facebook page, sports.abs-cbn.com, and iWant Sports to deliver ONE’s inaugural event in Japan to the growing number of Filipino mixed martial arts fans all over the world. ONE Championship’s “A New Era,” which will be held at the the legendary Ryogoku Kokugikan stadium, features four title fights including the defenses of Folayang, Belingon, ONE Middleweight champion Aung La N Sang, and ONE Women’s Strawweight titlist, Xiong Jing Nan.
 
Folayang (21-6, 6 KOs) and Belingon (20-5, 8 KOs) will face familiar foes with similar styles in defense of their respective belts, pitting heavy strikes against skillful submissions. The “Landslide” has waited a long time to once more square off with Japan’s hero, Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki (42-8, 26 submissions), who is a feared submission artist, years after claiming the belt in the latter's expense. Meanwhile, Belingon is being challenged for a rematch by Bibiano “The Flash” Fernandes (22-4, 8 submissions), the man who is feared for his ground game in the Bantamweight division.
 
For the two Lakay mainstays, this is a chance at redemption after opening the year with two failed title defenses from their teammates Joshua “The Passion” Pacio and Geje “Gravity” Eustaquio against Yosuke Saruta and Adriano Moraes, respectively.
 
In the other title fights, Burmese warrior Aung La N Sang is set to battle Ken Hasegawa, another Japanese warrior, while “The Panda,” Xiong, attempts to stamp her class on the returning phenom Angela Lee.
 
Lastly, aside from Folayang and Belingon, upstart Team Lakay flyweight Danny Kingad is going to figure in the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix and will fire off his campaign against Japanese contender Senzo Ikeda.
 
Don’t miss the big fights of Filipino champions and warriors in Eduard Folayang, Kevin Belingon, and Danny Kingad in ONE Championship’s massive four-title Tokyo fightcard dubbed “A New Era” airing LIVE on S+A and S+A HD from the legendary Ryogoku Kokugikan stadium in Tokyo, Japan starting at 6 pm. It will also be available on ABS-CBN Sports Facebook page and sports.abs-cbn.com right after the UAAP Volleyball matches, while it will stream starting 5:30 pm on iWant Sports.
 
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