Aoki vs Akiyama

Who won Aoki vs Akiyama?

Yoshihiro Akiyama beat Shinya Aoki by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of ONE Championship – One X, on Saturday 26th March 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

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).

Aoki vs Akiyama stats

Shinya Aoki stepped into the octagon with a record of 46 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 29 by submission.

Yoshihiro Akiyama made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Shinya Aoki's One Championship record stood at 12-5-0, while Yoshihiro Akiyama's came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Akiyama had a massive power advantage over Aoki, boasting a 40% knock out percentage over Aoki's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aoki had an advantage over Akiyama, with a 63% submission rate over Akiyama's 47%.

Shinya Aoki was the younger man by 7 years, at 42 years old.

Aoki had a height advantage of 1 inch over Akiyama. Despite this, Akiyama had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Aoki was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 33 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 1 year and 1 month earlier than Akiyama, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 55 more professional rounds, 96 to Akiyama's 41.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yoshihiro Akiyama had been fighting more than Shinya Aoki.

Going to this contest, Shinya Aoki had last fought 7 years and 4 days ago, while Yoshihiro Akiyama's last outing had been 5 years, 11 months and 7 days ago.

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