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Toquero vows to give his all at ONE: Hero’s Dream

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FILIPINO Mixed Martial Arts ighter Eugene Toquero will make his fourteenth trip to the cage as a competitor on November 3, and he will be doing so in front of a passionate crowd in Yangon, Myanmar.

The fans at the iconic Thuwunna Indoor Stadium expect another exciting match when Toquero fights on the undercard of ONE: Hero’s Dream against highly-touted Chinese prospect Ma Hao Bin.

The 36-year-old Filipino veteran lost to reigning ONE Flyweight World Champion Adriano Moraes via first-round submission March last year before tasting the same fate at the hands of Team Lakay’s Danny Kingad in December.

This past April Toquero bowed to Indonesian standout Stefer Rahardian by way of unanimous decision.

Toquero said he has made crucial adjustments to his preparation.

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“I train longer and harder now. I don’t want to be complacent because I am not getting any younger. This is a huge organization with a lot of very good martial artists from all over the world. I will give my best in this bout. I will leave everything on the line,” Toquero said.

Filipino MMA fighter Eugene Toquero (left) unloads a left kick against his opponent inside the ONE Championship cage. ONE Championship

Toquero is confident that if his Chinese foe takes him lightly, it would be a catastrophic mistake.

“If my opponent did not train well, then I will eat him alive inside the cage. I am hungry for that win,” he said.

Ma has strung together an impressive 7-1 professional record that includes three wins by submission and one by knockout.

In Ma’s recent trip to the ONE Championship cage, he submitted “The Wolf Of The Grasslands” Hexigetu in their flyweight affair just this past September, courtesy of a guillotine choke, with ten seconds remaining in round number two.

Toquero hopes that his experience will pay dividends when they meet across the cage, but he won’t be paying too much attention to his adversary’s game plan.

According to Toquero, the key to victory is in focusing on himself and making his A-game the priority.

“I never study my opponents. I do not care who they are because in Muay Thai and my amateur fights we never knew who our opponents were. We train in the gym and enhance our strengths,” he said.

With a fresh outlook and his back against the wall, Toquero is driven to break his losing spell and redeem his status as one of the most exciting flyweights in the Asian region.

“This time, l will make sure that my hand is raised as the winner. I am not going home with a loss on 3rd of November,” he said.

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