Nakahara vs Emilbek

Who won Nakahara vs Emilbek?

Yoshiki Nakahara beat Ruslan Emilbek by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of ONE Championship – Fists of Fury 2, on Friday 5th March 2021 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Nakahara vs Emilbek stats

Yoshiki Nakahara stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Ruslan Emilbek made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 12 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Yoshiki Nakahara's 4th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Yoshiki Nakahara's One Championship record stood at 3-1-0, while Ruslan Emilbek's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Nakahara had a slight advantage in power over Emilbek, with a 46% knock out percentage over Emilbek's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Emilbek had a large advantage over Nakahara, boasting a 33% submission rate over Nakahara's 8%.

Yoshiki Nakahara was the older man by 32 years, at 32 years old.

Emilbek had a height advantage of 4 inches over Nakahara.

Nakahara was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 3 months earlier than Emilbek, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 56 to Emilbek's 41.

Nakahara vs Emilbek form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Rikuto Shirakawa at RIZIN 44 on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Akira Haraguchi at RIZIN 39 on 23rd October 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka.

Before that, he had defeated Tetsuya Seki at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He was victorious against Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg at ONE on TNT 2 on 14th April 2021 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

Nakahara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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