He trained in Judo in Japan at the
Kōdōkan where he obtained his Judo black belt. He competed at the
1988 Summer Olympics and the
1992 Summer Olympics. Baylon has won a total of nine gold medals in the
Southeast Asian Games, first competing in the regional tournament in the 1980s. His first gold medal in the games was in the
1991 edition which was hosted in
Manila. He was the flagbearer of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games delegation in 2007. In 2002, Baylon decided to take up
Brazilian jiu-jitsu and obtained his black belt in the discipline from Toshiyuki Wado in 2008. He also won medals in Judo at the World Masters, and Asian Games. In the
2011 edition, he failed to win a gold after he was defeated by Vietnamese judoka, Hai Long To in the 81 kg category semifinal. This led to him announcing his retirement from competitive judo. ==Retirement==