Akiyama vs Holzken

Who won Akiyama vs Holzken?

Nieky Holzken beat Yoshihiro Akiyama by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of ONE 165, on Sunday 28th January 2024 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Akiyama vs Holzken stats

Yoshihiro Akiyama stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Nieky Holzken made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Nieky Holzken will be making their debut in the One Championship.

Yoshihiro Akiyama's One Championship record stood at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Akiyama had a massive power advantage over Holzken, boasting a 44% knock out percentage over Holzken's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Akiyama had a massive advantage over Holzken, boasting a 44% submission rate over Holzken's 0%.

Yoshihiro Akiyama was the older man by 8 years, at 49 years old.

Holzken had a height advantage of 2 inches over Akiyama.

Akiyama was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 20 years and 2 months later than Holzken, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 41 more professional rounds, 41 to Holzken's 0.

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Akiyama's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Akiyama vs Holzken?

Yoshihiro Akiyama was a 7/5 (+150) underdog going into the contest, while Nieky Holzken made his way into the ring at 8/15 (-200) with oddsmakers.