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Toquero thirsts for victory after losing 3 fights

- EKA

Cebuano striker Eugene Toquero looks to end his losing slump in the ONE Championsh­ip cage as he takes on Chinese prospect Ma Hao Bin in the undercard of ONE Championsh­ip “Hero’s Dream” on Nov. 3 at the Thuwunna Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar.

Toquero dropped his last three fights and is in dire need of a win. He lost to Brazilian Adriano Moraes by a first-round submission, to fellow Filipino Danny Kingad, also via a first round submission, and against Indonesian Stepher Rahardian by unanimous decision.

Bin has won five straight fights, with his latest, a second-round submission victory over fellow Chinese Getu Hexi. Toquero is 8-5, while Bin is 7-1. Two other Filipino fighters are seeing action in the undercard.

Burn Soriano (3-3) trades strikes with undefeated Chinese Chen Lei (3-0).

Soriano is coming off a stoppage loss to Saiful Merican, while Lei is fresh from a submission win over Merican two months ago.

Jomary Torres (2-0), in the meantime, faces off Indonesian Nita Dea (0-1).

Both Torres and Dea fought the same opponent in their respective last fights. Torres beat Rika Ishige by a second-round submission two months ago, while Dea lost to Ishige by a first-round submission.

The main event features an open weight bout between ONE middleweig­ht champion Aung La N Sang and heavyweigh­t Alain Ngalani. /

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