ONE Championship video: Shinya Aoki sleeps Eduard Folayang to regain title

Shinya Aoki is once again the ONE Championship lightweight king.

The Japanese veteran earned a shot at the belt after scoring three straight first-round submission finishes in 2018, and made the best of his rematch with Eduard Folayang in the main event of ONE: A New Era in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday.

The submission specialist wasted no time taking the fight to the ground, quickly getting to mount and locking a tight arm-triangle choke. Folayang tried to fight through it, but eventually went to sleep.

“Being 35, doing what I love to do, having all the troubles, but still doing what I love to do, aren’t you guys jealous of me? And still tomorrow, I will still go on like this, every day,” Aoki said after the win. “I have gold printed on my buttocks and real gold on tomorrow too.”

Aoki now holds a 43-8 record with one no contest, improving to 23-4 with 18 stoppages in MMA over the last 10 years.

Watch the finish below, and click here for complete ONE: A New Era results.