Johnson vs Wakamatsu

Who won Johnson vs Wakamatsu?

Demetrious Johnson beat Yuya Wakamatsu by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of ONE Championship – A New Era, on Sunday 31st March 2019 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Johnson vs Wakamatsu stats

Demetrious Johnson stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Yuya Wakamatsu made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out.

Yuya Wakamatsu marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Demetrious Johnson's One Championship record stood at 5-1-0, while Yuya Wakamatsu's came in at 8-4-0.

The stats suggested Wakamatsu had a massive power advantage over Johnson, boasting a 90% knock out percentage over Johnson's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Johnson had a massive advantage over Wakamatsu, boasting a 41% submission rate over Wakamatsu's 0%.

Demetrious Johnson was the older man by 9 years, at 38 years old.

Wakamatsu had a height advantage of 3 inches over Johnson.

Johnson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in , 9 years and 6 months earlier than Wakamatsu, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 51 more professional rounds, 101 to Wakamatsu's 50.

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Johnson's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 8 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 6 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.3 rounds on average.

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