Yamauchi vs Gracie

Who won Yamauchi vs Gracie?

Goiti Yamauchi beat Neiman Gracie by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 3, on Friday 19th April 2024 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Goiti Yamauchi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Yamauchi vs Gracie stats

Goiti Yamauchi stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 21 by submission.

Neiman Gracie made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Goiti Yamauchi's 2nd fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Neiman Gracie marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Goiti Yamauchi's PFL record stood at 1-1-0, while Neiman Gracie's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Yamauchi had a slight advantage in power over Gracie, with a 11% knock out percentage over Gracie's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gracie had a slight advantage over Yamauchi, with a 82% submission rate over Yamauchi's 75%.

Goiti Yamauchi was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Gracie had a height advantage of 2 inches over Yamauchi. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Yamauchi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 10 months earlier than Gracie, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 63 to Gracie's 48.

Yamauchi vs Gracie form

Yamauchi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Levan Chokheli at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Chris Gonzalez at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Daron Cruickshank at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, he was victorious against Saad Awad at Bellator 229 on 4th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, United States.

He had lost to Michael Chandler at Bellator 192 on 20th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Great Wester Forum, Inglewood.

Activity check

Yamauchi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Yamauchi vs Gracie?

Goiti Yamauchi was a 11/25 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Neiman Gracie made his way into the ring at 33/20 (+170) with oddsmakers.