Jackson vs Kunimoto

Who won Jackson vs Kunimoto?

Jason Jackson beat Kiichi Kunimoto by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 236, on Saturday 21st December 2019 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jason Jackson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Jackson vs Kunimoto stats

Jason Jackson stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Kiichi Kunimoto made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 8 losses and 2 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

This was Jason Jackson's 11th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Jason Jackson's Bellator record stood at 9-2-0, while Kiichi Kunimoto's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Kunimoto had a slight advantage in power over Jackson, with a 10% knock out percentage over Jackson's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kunimoto had a massive advantage over Jackson, boasting a 50% submission rate over Jackson's 0%.

Jason Jackson was the younger man by 10 years, at 34 years old.

Jackson had a height advantage of 3 inches over Kunimoto. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Jackson was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 30 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 years and 1 month later than Kunimoto, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 67 to Kunimoto's 65.

Jackson vs Kunimoto form

Jackson had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Andrey Koreshkov at PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 1 on 3rd April 2025 by submission in the 2nd round at Universal Studios Florida, Orlando, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ramazan Kuramagomedov at Bellator Champions Series: Dublin on 22nd June 2024 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ray Cooper at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Before that, he had defeated Yaroslav Amosov at Bellator 301 on 17th November 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

He was victorious against Douglas Lima at Bellator MMA on 8th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma.

Activity check

Jackson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Kunimoto's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 5 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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