Two of the best Igorot knockout artists make their return in ONE Championship this April

Team Lakay's Kevin Belingon, Honorio Banario and Gina Iniong. Photo Courtesy || Benjo Andaya FB.

Baguio City - They are among the best knockout artist in the ONE Championship MMA sport today, both Team Lakay's Kevin "The Silencer" Belingon of Ifugao and Honorio "The Rock" Banario of Benguet will deliver yet another exciting fight this April 20, 2018 at the Mall of Asia Arena. 

ONE Championship, the largest global sports media property in Asian history described Belingon as "one of the country's most talented martial artist". It says, he is a Filipino champion and former world title challenger who is known to have the "ability to finish opponents in a variety of methods". 

29-year old Belingon has a professional record of 17-5 which seven of his victories came from huge knockouts. ONE Championship dubbed him as "the most feared strikers" in the history of ONE Championship's bantamweight division. 

This 20th of April, Belingon will headline the main-event dubbed 'Heroes of Honor' against 28-year old Andrew Leone of Cortland, New York.

Another talent of Team Lakay is "The Rock" Banario who will be going toe to toe with Adrian Pang. 

Banario has been one of the Philippines' most respected martial arts veterans and his tremendous cage experience has brought him all over Asia in many memorable battles against top divisional talents, according to ONE Championship. 

Armed with his striking strength and his vastly-improved grappling skills, Banario is more than ready to showcase his world-class wushu skills and lightning-quick strikes against Australian Adrian Pang.

ONE:Heroes of Honor will also feature martial arts contender Gina "Conviction" Iniong of Team Lakay. She is a six-time national wushu champion with a professional recod of 6-3, with four of her six victories coming by thrilling finish, including two highlight-reel submission and two knockouts. 

She will be facing former world title challenger 27-year old Jenny Huang of Chinese Taipie.

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Cordilleran MMA fighter Eduard Folayang ready to defend his title tonight.

Cordillera - The Igorot mix-martial arts champion Eduard "The Landslide" Folayang is well prepared and ready to defend his prestigious lightweight title against Ev Ting of Malaysia at the Mall of Asia Arena tonight, 22nd April. 

The boxing word and the millions of MMA fans are anticipating tonight's clash between two artists as they will be given the chance to showcase the result of their intense training in the main event of the ONE: KINGS OF DESTINY. 

According to Mark Siargao, head coach of Eduard, the legendary Igorot is 101 % ready to face the most challenging fight in his career. 

Folayang will be facing the 27-year-old Malaysian-Kiwi challenger Ev Ting (13-3-0) who had admitted Eduard will be tough to beat due to his improved takedown defense and he said he had prepared all the possibilities of defeating him. 

Ting has a record of defeating Eduard's fellow Team Lakay fighter Honorio Banario and some known Filipino fighters in the past. 

Aside from Folayang, there are 4 more Igorot MMA finest fighters who will be fighting tonight such as Danny Kingad, Kevin Belingon, Honorio Banario and the lone female fighter Gina Iniong.

Want to watch the action live? Go to www.onefc.com for more information.

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Cordilleran fighter Banario won an impressive victory at the ONE: Age of Domination

Honorio Banario once again bring back the honor and glory to the world, as he showcased an impressive victory at the ONE Championship: Age of Domination on Dec. 2.

Banario fought the best he could in the cage against his Indian opponent Rajinder Meena forcing the latter to tap out in two minutes.

The 27-year old Cordilleran cage warrior from the Team Lakay displayed power and fighting skills in the cage that made his opponent less impressive.

The fight finished with under two minutes remaining in the first round after Banario took the chance to caught Meena locked in the left armbar.

Honorio Banario improves his win by 11-6.

Watch the full fight here.


video courtesy: MMA Union of Warriors' Youtube channel.

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How to Watch One Championship: Age of Domination Online on Dec. 2.

One Championship headlined "Age of Domination" is coming fast toward December 2 (Friday) this week. The event will feature two title fights in the name of One Heavyweight King Brandon " The Truth" Vera and One Bantamweight King Bibiano "Flash" Fernandes.

But what we Cordillerans are awaiting to see in this event is One Champion Honorio "The Rock" Banario and some members of the Team Lakay who hails from the Cordillera.

Banario is set to face Indian figther Rajinder Singh Meena.

How to watch the event Livestream.

The official website on ONE FC is showing the fight livestream starting at 6.55 pm Manila time. You can purchase the HD livestream from the website for only US$9.99 including service charges.

You can click this LINK to www.onefc.com 

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