Abelardo vs Takenaka

Who won Abelardo vs Takenaka?

Mark Abelardo beat Daichi Takenaka by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of ONE Championship – Clash of Legends, on Saturday 16th February 2019 at Impact Arena in Bangkok.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Abelardo vs Takenaka stats

Mark Abelardo stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Daichi Takenaka made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 11 wins, 0 losses, and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Mark Abelardo's One Championship record stood at 7-6-0, while Daichi Takenaka's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Abelardo had a massive power advantage over Takenaka, boasting a 59% knock out percentage over Takenaka's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Takenaka had an advantage over Abelardo, with a 36% submission rate over Abelardo's 18%.

Mark Abelardo was the younger man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Takenaka had a height advantage of 1 inch over Abelardo.

Abelardo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 9 months earlier than Takenaka, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 39 more professional rounds, 71 to Takenaka's 32.

Abelardo vs Takenaka form

Abelardo had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Emilio Urrutia at ONE Championship – Fists of Fury 2 on 5th March 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Fabricio de Andrade at ONE Championship – No Surrender on 31st July 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ayideng Jumayi at ONE Championship – Dawn of Valor on 25th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Before that, he had been beaten by Shoko Sato at ONE Championship – Warriors of Light on 10th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

He had defeated Daichi Takenaka at ONE Championship – Clash of Legends on 16th February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Impact Arena, Bangkok.

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Abelardo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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