Gustavo vs Yachi

Who won Gustavo vs Yachi?

Luiz Gustavo beat Yusuke Yachi by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of RIZIN 12, on Sunday 12th August 2018 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya.

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

Gustavo vs Yachi stats

Luiz Gustavo stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Yusuke Yachi made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Yusuke Yachi marked his 17th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Luiz Gustavo's Rizin record stood at 6-2-0, while Yusuke Yachi's came in at 10-7-0.

The stats suggested Gustavo had an advantage in power over Yachi, with a 38% knock out percentage over Yachi's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gustavo had a massive advantage over Yachi, boasting a 63% submission rate over Yachi's 10%.

Luiz Gustavo was the younger man by 6 years, at 28 years old.

Gustavo was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 5 years and 4 months later than Yachi, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 65 less professional rounds, 27 to Yachi's 92.

Gustavo vs Yachi form

Yachi had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Yuki Kawana at RIZIN 29 on 27th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka(丸善インテックアリーナ大阪), Osaka, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Juri Ohara at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 22 on 9th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

Before that, he had beaten Hiroto Uesako at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had been defeated by Mikuru Asakura at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Activity check

Yachi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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