Inoue vs Hokamura

Who won Inoue vs Hokamura?

Naoki Inoue beat Yuto Hokamura by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of RIZIN 30, on Sunday 19th September 2021 at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ) in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Naoki Inoue.

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

Inoue vs Hokamura stats

Naoki Inoue stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 10 by submission.

Yuto Hokamura made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 10 losses and 2 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Yuto Hokamura marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Naoki Inoue's Rizin record stood at 7-2-0, while Yuto Hokamura's came in at 3-7-0.

The stats suggested Hokamura had a massive power advantage over Inoue, boasting a 76% knock out percentage over Inoue's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Inoue had a massive advantage over Hokamura, boasting a 67% submission rate over Hokamura's 12%.

Naoki Inoue was the younger man by 4 years, at 28 years old.

Inoue had a height advantage of 2 inches over Hokamura.

Inoue was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 8 months later than Hokamura, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 42 to Hokamura's 58.

Inoue vs Hokamura form

Inoue had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 50 on 29th March 2025 by split decision in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Anabuki Arena Kagawa, Kagawa, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Soo Chul Kim at RIZIN 48 on 29th September 2024 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Shoko Sato at RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE on 23rd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kobe World Hall, Kobe.

Before that, he had lost to Juan Archuleta at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

He was victorious against Kenta Takizawa at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Inoue's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Hokamura's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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