Gracie vs Yamauchi

Who won Gracie vs Yamauchi?

Goiti Yamauchi beat Neiman Gracie by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of Bellator 284, on Friday 12th August 2022 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Gracie vs Yamauchi stats

Neiman Gracie stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Goiti Yamauchi made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 20 by submission.

This was Neiman Gracie's 14th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015. Goiti Yamauchi marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Neiman Gracie's Bellator record stood at 10-4-0, while Goiti Yamauchi's came in at 14-5-0.

The stats suggested Gracie had a slight advantage in power over Yamauchi, with a 9% knock out percentage over Yamauchi's 8%.

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 77%.

Neiman Gracie was the older man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

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

Gracie was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 2 years and 10 months later than Yamauchi, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 48 to Yamauchi's 63.

Gracie vs Yamauchi form

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

In his last fight leading up to 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, 1 month and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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