ONE Dawn of Heroes goes Friday, August 2nd at 7 AM ET from Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines. It’s a stacked card with high stakes Grand Prix bouts for the flyweights and lightweights (Folayang vs Alvarez) and a possible welterweight title eliminator between Yushin Okami and James Nakashima. ONE Dawn of Heroes also features the return of one of MMA’s all-time greats (Demetrious Johnson) as part of the aforementioned Flyweight Grand Prix and so much more! Check out your Liberty Multimedia preview and get insights from some of these ONE Championship fighters below.
Bowks Talking Bouts
Eduard Folayang: Q) What’s your overall assessment of your opponent’s skillset?
A) A well-rounded fighter but usually keeps the fight on the feet.
Q) You’re fresh off losing your championship. Does this add any additional hunger to your preparations or is your approach the same as it is for every bout?
A) Yes, it adds additional hunger to perform my best in this upcoming bout.
Q) Should you get the desired outcome and win this fight, what are your thoughts on the fighter who is already in the finals bracket?
A) A good fighter with impressive finishes and a good test of my skills.
Q) Between Timofey Nastyukhin, Martin Nguyen and Shinya Aoki, who would you most like to rematch to avenge a loss?
A) Martin
Q) What are your feelings about getting a future rubber match with Shinya Aoki?
A) I will be waiting for it.
Eddie Alvarez interview audio HERE
Yushin Okami: Q) What’s your overall assessment of your opponent’s skillset?
A) I think he is well-balanced. His strength is to stick with what he has decided to do. Meaning, he is very good at executing his game plan. I am not going to give him any space for him to execute his game plan and I am looking to control this fight using my physical strength.
Q) What are your goals within ONE Championship?
A) To become ONE champion and prove that I am the strongest in my career right now.
Q) Do you get additional motivation from facing an unbeaten opponent and being the one to put the first loss on their record?
A) It’s an honor to fight someone undefeated especially after a loss I took in the first fight with ONE.
Q) Is this the perfect opponent right now for you to get back on track and make a run towards title contention in ONE?
A) Yes. I think a win over him would put me back into title contention.
Demetrious Johnson interview audio HERE
ONE Dawn of Heroes will stream the prelims live on the official Facebook and Twitter accounts for ONE Championship. Fans can check out the main card this Friday on the ONE Super App.
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