Moraes vs Wakamatsu

Who won Moraes vs Wakamatsu?

Yuya Wakamatsu beat Adriano Moraes by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of ONE 172, on Sunday 23rd March 2025 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Flyweight championship.

Moraes vs Wakamatsu stats

Adriano Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Yuya Wakamatsu made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Adriano Moraes' 17th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Yuya Wakamatsu marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Adriano Moraes' One Championship record stood at 12-5-0, while Yuya Wakamatsu's came in at 8-4-0.

The stats suggested Wakamatsu had a massive power advantage over Moraes, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Moraes' 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had a massive advantage over Wakamatsu, boasting a 52% submission rate over Wakamatsu's 0%.

Adriano Moraes was the older man by 6 years, at 36 years old.

Moraes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Wakamatsu.

Moraes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 9 months earlier than Wakamatsu, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 73 to Wakamatsu's 50.

Moraes vs Wakamatsu form

Adriano Moraes had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Danny Kingad at ONE 169 on 8th November 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Demetrious Johnson at ONE on Prime Video 10 on 5th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their ONE Flyweight championship fight at 1stBank Center, Broomfield.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Demetrious Johnson at ONE Championship 161 on 26th August 2022 by knockout in the 4th round in their ONE Flyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had beaten Yuya Wakamatsu at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by submission in the 3rd round in their ONE Flyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He had defeated Geje Eustaquio at ONE Championship – Hero’s Ascent on 25th January 2019 by unanimous decision in their ONE Flyweight championship fight at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Wakamatsu had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Gilbert Nakatani at ONE Fight Night 26 on 6th December 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Danny Kingad at ONE 165 on 28th January 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Wei Xie at ONE Fight Night 12 on 14th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Before that, he had been defeated by Sung Hoon Woo at ONE Championship 163 on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He had lost to Adriano Moraes at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by submission in the 3rd round in their ONE Flyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yuya Wakamatsu had been fighting more than Adriano Moraes.

Going to this contest, Adriano Moraes had last fought 6 months ago, while Yuya Wakamatsu's last outing had been 5 months and 2 days ago.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Wakamatsu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What time did Moraes vs Wakamatsu start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 7:40 AM UTC , which was 3:40 AM EST or 12:40 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 7:40 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Moraes vs Wakamatsu?

Adriano Moraes was a 1/3 (-300) favourite going into the contest, while Yuya Wakamatsu made his way into the ring at 9/4 (+230) with oddsmakers.