Hernandez vs Tsuruya

Who won Hernandez vs Tsuruya?

Rei Tsuruya beat Carlos Hernandez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 303, on Saturday 29th June 2024 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rei Tsuruya.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Hernandez vs Tsuruya stats

Carlos Hernandez stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws and 4 by submission.

Rei Tsuruya made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Carlos Hernandez's 6th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Rei Tsuruya marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Carlos Hernandez's UFC record stood at 3-3-0, while Rei Tsuruya's came in at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Tsuruya had a massive power advantage over Hernandez, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Hernandez's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tsuruya had a slight advantage over Hernandez, with a 50% submission rate over Hernandez's 44%.

Carlos Hernandez was the older man by 9 years, at 31 years old.

Hernandez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tsuruya.

Hernandez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 4 years and 1 month earlier than Tsuruya, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 32 to Tsuruya's 21.

Hernandez vs Tsuruya form

Hernandez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Tatsuro Taira at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Denys Bondar at UFC Fight Night – Vettori vs. Cannonier on 17th June 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Allan Nascimento at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by submission in the 1st round.

Before that, he had beaten Victor Altamirano at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Trevor Wells at LFA 93 on 16th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hartman Arena, Park City.

Activity check

Hernandez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What time did Hernandez vs Tsuruya start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 10:25 PM UTC , which was 6:25 PM EST or 3:25 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:25 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Hernandez vs Tsuruya?

Carlos Hernandez was a 3/1 (+300) underdog going into the contest, while Rei Tsuruya made his way into the ring at 1/4 (-400) with oddsmakers.