Ito vs Yamamoto

Who won Ito vs Yamamoto?

Erson Yamamoto beat Yuki Ito by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 42, on Saturday 6th May 2023 at Tokyo Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Erson Yamamoto.

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

Ito vs Yamamoto stats

Yuki Ito stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Erson Yamamoto made his way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

Yuki Ito's Rizin record stood at 6-1-0, while Erson Yamamoto's came in at 3-7-0.

The stats suggested Yamamoto had an advantage in power over Ito, with a 67% knock out percentage over Ito's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ito had an advantage over Yamamoto, with a 18% submission rate over Yamamoto's 0%.

Yuki Ito was the same age as Erson Yamamoto, at 28 years old.

Ito was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 11 months later than Yamamoto, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 44 to Yamamoto's 17.

Ito vs Yamamoto 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 4 years, 3 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Yamamoto's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ito vs Yamamoto?

Yuki Ito was a 2/7 (-360) favourite going into the contest, while Erson Yamamoto made his way into the ring at 12/5 (+250) with oddsmakers.