Case vs Yachi

Who won Case vs Yachi?

Johnny Case beat Yusuke Yachi by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN 14, on Monday 31st December 2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Case vs Yachi stats

Johnny Case stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Yusuke Yachi made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Johnny Case's 7th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Yusuke Yachi marked his 17th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Johnny Case's Rizin record stood at 4-3-0, while Yusuke Yachi's came in at 10-7-0.

The stats suggested Case had a massive power advantage over Yachi, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Yachi's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Case had a slight advantage over Yachi, with a 17% submission rate over Yachi's 10%.

Johnny Case was the older man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Case had a height advantage of 1 inch over Yachi.

Case was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Yachi, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 31 less professional rounds, 61 to Yachi's 92.

Case vs Yachi form

Johnny Case had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Koji Takeda at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 35 on 17th April 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had won against Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

He had beaten Satoru Kitaoka at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Yusuke Yachi had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Rikuto Shirakawa at RIZIN LANDMARK 8 in Saga on 24th February 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at Saga Arena, Saga, Japan.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Zach Zane at RIZIN 43 on 24th June 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Arena, Sapporo.

Going into that contest, he had won against Boyd Allen at RIZIN 39 on 23rd October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka.

Before that, he had lost to Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN Trigger 3rd on 16th April 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu.

He had been beaten by Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 33 on 30th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yusuke Yachi had been fighting more than Johnny Case.

Going to this contest, Johnny Case had last fought 2 years, 7 months and 25 days ago, while Yusuke Yachi's last outing had been 1 year, 1 month and 4 days ago.

Case's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 8 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Yachi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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