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 8 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 , 10 years earlier than Wakamatsu, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 51 more professional rounds, 101 to Wakamatsu's 50.

Johnson vs Wakamatsu form

Johnson had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Adriano Moraes at ONE Championship 161 on 26th August 2022 by knockout in the 4th round in their ONE Flyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had beaten Rodtang Jitmuangnon at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Danny Kingad at ONE Championship – Century – Part 1 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he was victorious against Tatsumitsu Wada at ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes on 2nd August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

He had won against Yuya Wakamatsu at ONE Championship – A New Era on 31st March 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Wakamatsu had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Danny Kingad at ONE 165 on 28th January 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had defeated Wei Xie at ONE Fight Night 12 on 14th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Sung Hoon Woo at ONE Championship 163 on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had been beaten by Adriano Moraes at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by submission in the 3rd round in their ONE Flyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He was victorious against Yong Hu at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors on 3rd December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yuya Wakamatsu had been fighting more than Demetrious Johnson.

Going to this contest, Demetrious Johnson had last fought 2 years, 10 months and 1 day ago, while Yuya Wakamatsu's last outing had been 1 year, 4 months and 30 days ago.

Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Wakamatsu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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