ONE FC 23 Results: Honorio Banario Loses By Submission To Herbert Burns Of Brazil

Honorio of Banario of Team Lakay was submitted by Herbert Burns of Brazil in their fight at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila Friday night. The two fought in the undercard of One Fighting Championship 23: Warrior's Way.

Banario opened the fight with a good leg kick. During a close exchange, Banario made the mistake of bowing his head down which prompted Burns to quickly go for a guillotine choke while he pushed Banario to the mat.

Banario escaped the guillotine attempt but in the scramble that ensued, the Brazilian ended up taking Banario's back. He attempted a rear-naked choke but Banario was able to shake it off. Burns went for another rear-naked choke and this time he got his hands deep into Banario's neck. The Cordilleran fighter had no choice but to tap out.

With the loss, Banario has lost four fights in a row. The one-time ONE FC featherweight titleholder lost his belt to Koji Oishi in 2013 and failed to retrieve it in the rematch. He took on Jadamba Narantungalag of Mongolia in May of this year but he lost via unanimous decision.

With the win, Burns improves his perfect record to 5 wins and no losses. He could be one or two wins away from fighting for the organization's featherweight belt.

Burns of Brazil celebrating his win over Banario. Photo by One Fighting Championship.

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Eduard Folayang And Jujeath Nagaowa Added To ONE FC 23: Warrior's Way Card

Two more Cordilleran mixed martial arts fighters have been added to the undercard of One Fighting Championship 23: Warrior's Way, a combat sports event scheduled to unfold at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila this coming December 5. The One Fighting Championship (ONE FC), the biggest MMA organization in Asia, has announced on Thursday that Eduard Folayang and Jujeath Nagaowa will be seeing action on said date.

Folayang (14-4-0) will be welcoming Timofey Nastyukhin (7-1-0) of Russia into the ONE FC. Based on the Russian fighter's record, he has both striking and grappling skills. Of his seven career victories, three came by knockout and four by submission. He fought four times this year alone and he won all of them either via submission or knockout.

Folayang is a ONE FC veteran, having fought six times under the company. Of these six fights, he won four and lost two. Folayang's most recent outing in the ONE FC was a dominant win over Japan's Kotetsu Boku last May. Prior to that, he cruised to a decision victory over Vincent Latoel of the Netherlands.

Nagaowa (1-0-0), a former professional boxer who transitioned into MMA last May, will be facing Tharoth Sam (2-0-0) of Cambodia. In her MMA debut in May of this year, Nagaowa knocked out Jeet Toshi of India in the second round. Her upcoming opponent, Sam, won her two MMA bouts via submission.

Eduard Folayang (left) in his most recent fight. Photo by One Fighting Championship.

Also fighting in the Warrior's Way card are Folayang's teammates Kevin Belingon and Honorio Banario. Belingon will be fighting Koetsu Okazaki while Banario will slug it out with the undefeated Herbert Burns.

The event will be headlined by a championship tussle between Bibiano Fernandez of Brazil and Dae Hwan Kim of South Korea.