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<\/p>\nMixed martial arts stars Eduard Folayang, Angela Lee, and Aung La N Sang were among the big winners at the 2018 Global Martial Arts Awards, held Thursday, 8 November at the JW Marriot in Singapore.<\/p>\n
The Awards night featured a who\u2019s who of martial arts talent from across the world and the awards were presented by 18 leading broadcasters from all over.<\/p>\n
Folayang, the former ONE Lightweight World Champion was named as the Martial Arts Hero of the Year, beating out other big stars such as Lee, Aung La N Sang, Martin Nguyen, Daniel Cormier, Henry Cejudo, and Tenshin Nasukawa.<\/p>\n
“I believe this award represents the start and beginning of a never-ending journey of discipline, hard work, perseverance,\u201d said Folayang.<\/p>\n
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The Team Lakay star has had a magnificent 2018 so far, winning consecutive bouts to earn another shot at becoming the ONE Lightweight World Champion. He faces Singaporean star Amir Khan at ONE: CONQUEST OF CHAMPIONS in Manila on November 23rd.<\/p>\n
Reigning ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion Aung La N Sang was named Male Athlete of the Year after a stellar 2018 that saw him become a two-division world champion and defend the ONE Middleweight World Championship twice. He\u2019s coming off a dominant TKO victory over Mohammad Karaki in Myanmar.<\/p>\n
Singapore\u2019s own Angela Lee was hailed as the Female Athlete of the Year after she made a triumphant return to action back in May, defending her ONE Women\u2019s Atomweight World Championship for a third consecutive time against Japanese veteran Mei Yamaguchi.<\/p>\n
Famed Filipino martial arts stable Team Lakay also took home quite a few other honors, including Gym of the Year, Coach of the Year which went to head coach Mark Sangiao, and Submission of the Year, which went to reigning ONE Strawweight World Champion Joshua Pacio for his Passion Lock victory over Pongsiri Mitsatit.<\/p>\n
Bout of the Year went to the five-round classic between Aung La N Sang and Ken Hasegawa for the ONE Middleweight World Championship at ONE: SPIRIT OF A WARRIOR back in June.<\/p>\n
The Breakout Athlete of the Year went to newly-crowned ONE Atomweight Kickboxing World Champion Stamp Fairtex after dethroning Kai Ting Chuang at ONE: KINGDOM OF HEROES in Bangkok, Thailand.<\/p>\n
ONE: KINGDOM OF HEROES was named Event of the Year, with a packed Impact Arena in Bangkok coming out to witness Thailand\u2019s own Srisaket Sor Rungvisai successfully defend his WBC Super Flyweight World Championship against Mexican challenger Iran Diaz in the main event.<\/p>\n
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2018 Global Martial Arts Awards Official Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n Martial Arts Hero of the Year: Eduard Folayang Mixed martial arts stars Eduard Folayang, Angela Lee, and Aung La N Sang were among the big winners at the 2018 Global Martial Arts Awards, held Thursday, 8 November at the JW Marriot in Singapore. The Awards night featured a who\u2019s who of martial arts talent from across the world and the awards were presented […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54467,"featured_media":290771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[19776],"tags":[25177],"yoast_head":"\n
\nMale Athlete of the Year: Aung La N Sang
\nFemale Athlete of the Year: Angela Lee
\nMuay Thai Athlete of the Year: Nong-O Gaiyanghadao
\nKickboxing Athlete of the Year: Tenshin Nasukawa
\nBout of the Year: Aung La N Sang vs Ken Hasegawa
\nKnockout of the Year: Brian Ortega (KO of Frankie Edgar)
\nSubmission of the Year: Joshua Pacio via \u201cThe Passion Lock\u201d
\nMartial Arts Journalist of the Year: Manabu Takashima of MMA Planet
\nRing Girl of the Year: Lee Ji Na
\nEvent of the Year: ONE: Kingdom of Heroes
\nWalkout of the Year: Andy Nguyen
\nGym of the Year: Team Lakay
\nReferee of the Year: Olivier Coste
\nCoach of the Year: Mark Sangiao
\nBreakthrough Athlete of the Year: Stamp Fairtex<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"