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.

Naoki Inoue's Rizin record stood at 7-2-0, while Yuto Hokamura's came in at 3-5-0.

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 5 years, at 27 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 12 less professional rounds, 42 to Hokamura's 54.

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 lost to Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Yuto Hokamura at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Shintaro Ishiwatari at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo.

Before that, he had defeated Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He was victorious against Shooto Watanabe at RIZIN 22 on 9th August 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

Activity check

Inoue's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Hokamura's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 26 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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