Eyebrows were raised when two-time ONE Lightweight World Champion Eduard "Landslide" Folayang announced the formation of his new squad Lions Nation MMA over the weekend. *Kevin Belingon. (ONE Championship Images)* After all, it’s one thing being a decorated fighter, but it’s a whole new...
Former ONE Lightweight World Champion Shinya Aoki trains with Team Lakay warriors in Benguet. Former ONE Lightweight World Champion Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki shares a competitive history with Team Lakay, having faced and beaten Eduard “Landslide” Folayang and...
Gina Iniong and Gretel de Paz continued the strong campaign of Filipina kickboxers and advanced to the final of their respective events in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games at the Multi-Purpose Hall Gymnasium in Bac Ninh, Vietnam Wednesday, May 11. Gina Iniong and Gretel de Paz (Photo from Samahang...
Three Filipino kickboxers competing in the low kick event showed brilliance and are expected to reach their respective gold medal matches in the 31st Southeast Asian Games at the Multi-Purpose Hall Gymnasium in Bac Ninh, Vietnam. In this file photo, Jean Claude Saclag (red) celebrates after...
Honorio Banario, former ONE featherweight champion, and Emmanuel Cantores dominated their respective foes to advance to the semifinal of the low kick contest in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games at the Multi-Purpose Hall Gymnasium in Bac Ninh, Vietnam Monday night, May 9. honorio banario Banario and...
Team Lakay (Photo from Team Lakay's Facebook page) The Igorots, an ethnic group living in the mountains of Cordillera, north of the Philippines, are known for possessing the "warrior spirit" that helped them overcome life’s adversities. Mark Sangiao, the patriarch and head coach of the famed...
Photo from ONE Championship Team Lakay's featherweight bet Honorio Banario seeks to put himself back in the picture of ONE Championship's featherweight division. With a strong resolve entering 2021, the former ONE featherweight champion said Team Lakay has been very motivated to bounce back...
Photos from ONE Championship Two fighters from Benguet's Team Lakay have expressed desire for a rematch against Hawaiian mixed martial arts icon Lowen Tynanes. Tynanes, who will see action in the Circle against former featherweight champion Marat Gafurov of Russia in ONE: Collision Course in...
Photo from Mark Sangiao's Facebook page The sports heroes mural project at the Baguio Athletic Bowl, which features Cordilleran athletes and Team Lakay stars, is nearing its completion. Team Lakay's own artist Harold Banario, the younger brother of former ONE Championship featherweight champion...
ONE strawweight champion Joshua Pacio of Team Lakay finds solace in mountain biking amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo from Joshua Pacio's Instagram @joshuapacio) It took two years for Team Lakay’s Joshua Pacio, the reigning ONE mixed martial arts strawweight champion, to buy his own mountain...
