Majima vs Yokoyama

Who won Majima vs Yokoyama?

Kazumasa Majima beat Takeji Yokoyama by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 44, on Sunday 24th September 2023 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Kazumasa Majima.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Majima vs Yokoyama division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Majima vs Yokoyama stats

Kazumasa Majima stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 13 by submission.

Takeji Yokoyama made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 5 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws and 4 by submission.

This was Kazumasa Majima's 6th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Kazumasa Majima's Rizin record stood at 2-4-0, while Takeji Yokoyama's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Majima had a slight advantage in power over Yokoyama, with a 7% knock out percentage over Yokoyama's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Majima had a slight advantage over Yokoyama, with a 87% submission rate over Yokoyama's 80%.

Kazumasa Majima was the older man by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Yokoyama had a height advantage of 2 inches over Majima.

Majima was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 8 years and 11 months earlier than Yokoyama, whose first professional fight was in 2022. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 40 to Yokoyama's 10.

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Majima's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Majima vs Yokoyama?

Kazumasa Majima was a 10/11 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Takeji Yokoyama made his way into the ring at 10/11 (-110) with oddsmakers.