Abe vs Tamura

Who won Abe vs Tamura?

Daichi Abe beat Yukinari Tamura by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 39, on Sunday 23rd October 2022 at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A in Fukuoka.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Daichi Abe.

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).

Abe vs Tamura stats

Daichi Abe stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Yukinari Tamura made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 12 losses and 9 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Yukinari Tamura will be making their debut in Rizin.

Daichi Abe's Rizin record stood at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Abe had a massive power advantage over Tamura, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Tamura's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tamura had a large advantage over Abe, boasting a 27% submission rate over Abe's 0%.

Daichi Abe was the younger man by 10 years, at 33 years old.

Abe had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tamura.

Abe was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 11 years and 6 months later than Tamura, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 36 less professional rounds, 39 to Tamura's 75.

Abe vs Tamura form

Abe had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Marcos Yoshio de Souza at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kiichi Kunimoto at RIZIN 34 on 20th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Akira Okada at RIZIN 31 on 24th October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Pia Arena MM (ぴあありーなMM), Yokohama.

Before that, he had been beaten by Ev Ting at ONE Championship – Masters of Destiny on 12th July 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

He had been defeated by Jingliang Li at UFC Fight Night 132 on 23rd June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

Abe's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Abe vs Tamura?

Daichi Abe was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Yukinari Tamura made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.