Inoue vs Motoya

Who won Inoue vs Motoya?

Naoki Inoue beat Yuki Motoya by submission in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 26, on Thursday 31st December 2020 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Inoue vs Motoya stats

Naoki Inoue stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

Yuki Motoya made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 by submission.

Yuki Motoya marked his 20th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Naoki Inoue's Rizin record stood at 7-2-0, while Yuki Motoya's came in at 12-7-0.

The stats suggested Motoya had a large advantage in power over Inoue, boasting a 23% knock out percentage over Inoue's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Inoue had an advantage over Motoya, with a 58% submission rate over Motoya's 42%.

Naoki Inoue was the younger man by 8 years, at 27 years old.

Inoue had a height advantage of 1 inch over Motoya.

Inoue was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 4 years and 10 months later than Motoya, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 63 less professional rounds, 42 to Motoya's 105.

Inoue vs Motoya form

Yuki Motoya had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Mamoru Uoi at RIZIN 23 on 10th August 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Patchy Mix at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Before that, he had beaten Justin Scoggins at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had defeated Kazuma Sone at RIZIN 12 on 12th August 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya.

Activity check

Inoue's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 6 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Motoya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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