Folayang makes ONE return, faces unbeaten Atlangeriev in Singapore

ONE Championship: Kings of Destiny at Mall of Asia Arena last April 21. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net

Eduard Folayang is set to take his return to ONE Championship ring, almost half a year after he lost his World featherweight title to Martin Nguyen last November.

The Landslide, who holds an 18-6 record, will face ONE debutante Kharun Atlangeriev, who is unbeaten in 11 professional fights.

Folayang will fight in the the ONE: Unstoppable Dreams main card on May 18 at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

The Lee siblings Angela and Christian, meanwhile, headline two of the three title fights in the card with the ONE Super Series Muay Thai Flyweight World title fight between Sam-A Gaiyanghadao and Sergio Wielzen being the third championship bout.

Angela (8-0) will defend her ONE World strawweight belt against Mei Yamaguchi (17-10) in the main event while younger brother Christian, who is two years younger than his 21-year-old sister, will challenge Nguyen for the World featherweight belt.

Nguyen’s lightweight strap, the same title he won against Folayang, won’t be defended in Singapore.

Shinya Aoki (39-8), the same man whom Folayang defeated in 2016 for the lightweight belt, will look to snap his two-fight skid when he faces Russian Rasul Yakhyaev (11-6).

Yodsanklai Fairtex, who was a former WBC World super welterweight muay thai champion, will debut in the ONE Super Series against Chris Ngimbi, who is a former SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight champion.

Kicking off the main card is the debut of Singaporean lightweight Amir Khan (9-3) against Korea’s Sung Jong Lee (2-1).