Eddie Alvarez got off to a terrible start in his lightweight bout against Eduard Folayang earlier this morning at ONE Championship: Dawn of Heroes, but the former UFC lightweight titleholder and multi-promotion MMA champ rallied back to secure a rear-naked choke at the midway point of the first round.
Alvarez, who lost in his ONE FC debut to Timofey Nastyukhin, snapped a two-fight losing streak and will advance to the finals of the ONE Championship lightweight grand prix.
Alvarez, 35, was downed with a leg kick at 3:37 of the first round and looked to be on the verge of yet another TKO loss until ‘The Underground King’ swept his opponent from half-guard, transitioned to full mount, took the back and secured a rear-naked choke.