Ito vs Miyagi

Who won Ito vs Miyagi?

Yuki Ito beat Yuichi Miyagi by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN 36, on Saturday 2nd July 2022 at Okinawa Arena in Okinawa.

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

Ito vs Miyagi stats

Yuki Ito stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Yuichi Miyagi made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 10 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Yuki Ito's Rizin record stood at 6-1-0, while Yuichi Miyagi's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Ito had a massive power advantage over Miyagi, boasting a 57% knock out percentage over Miyagi's 12%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Miyagi had a large advantage over Ito, boasting a 41% submission rate over Ito's 14%.

Yuki Ito was the younger man by 15 years, at 27 years old.

Miyagi had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ito.

Ito was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 11 years and 2 months later than Miyagi, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 44 to Miyagi's 64.

Ito vs Miyagi form

Ito had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Hiroya Kondo at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

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

Going into that contest, he had beaten Yuichi Miyagi at RIZIN 36 on 2nd July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Okinawa Arena, Okinawa.

Before that, he had defeated Yusaku Nakamura at RIZIN 31 on 24th October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM (ぴあありーなMM), Yokohama.

He was victorious against Kohei Sugiyama at RIZIN 27 on 21st March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Nippongaishi Hall(日本ガイシホール), Nagoya.

Activity check

Ito's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ito vs Miyagi?

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