Comeback kid: Eddie Ng not feeling the pressure as he returns to the cage after successive losses
Hong Kong-born fighter takes on talented Filipino Banario in ONE Championship in Macau on August 13 needing to improve his 7-3 record as he puts career-threatening wrist injury behind him
Comeback kid Eddie Ng Gar-wei knows he faces a must-win situation in his next fight in Macau next weekend but for a fighter who has everything to prove, the pressure doesn’t seem to be getting to him.
Returning to the cage more than a year after suffering his second straight MMA loss, the “Magician” will have his work cut out when he takes on Filipino Honorio “The Rock” Banario (9-6-0) in a lightweight bout on the undercard of “One: Heroes of the World” set for Cotai Arena at the Venetian Macao on August 13.
Hong Kong’s MMA fighter Eddie Ng to return to the cage in Macau
The 30-year-old Hong Kong-born fighter, who is based in Singapore but grew up in the northeast of England near Durham, knows he must win big to make amends for his last bout in May 2015 which ended in defeat against Costa Rica’s Ariel Sexton (second round submission).
With a 7-3 record, Ng doesn’t want any more losses and put his career at another standstill.
Then there’s the issue with his wrist.
Ng has twice suffered career-threatening injuries to his right wrist, the first time two weeks before his previous loss in 2014 to Dutchman Vincent Latoel and then again after losing to Sexton last year.