Kingad vs Wakamatsu

Who won Kingad vs Wakamatsu?

Yuya Wakamatsu beat Danny Kingad by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE 165, on Sunday 28th January 2024 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yuya Wakamatsu.

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).

Kingad vs Wakamatsu stats

Danny Kingad stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Yuya Wakamatsu made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Danny Kingad's 16th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Yuya Wakamatsu marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Danny Kingad's One Championship record stood at 11-5-0, while Yuya Wakamatsu's came in at 8-4-0.

The stats suggested Wakamatsu had a massive power advantage over Kingad, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Kingad's 7%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kingad had an advantage over Wakamatsu, with a 13% submission rate over Wakamatsu's 0%.

Danny Kingad was the younger man by 30 years, at years old.

Wakamatsu had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kingad.

Kingad was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 9 years and 11 months earlier than Wakamatsu, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 52 to Wakamatsu's 50.

Kingad vs Wakamatsu form

Danny Kingad had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kairat Akhmetov at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors 2 on 17th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Wei Xie at ONE Championship – Fire & Fury on 31st January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall Of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Demetrious Johnson 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 had beaten Reece McLaren at ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes on 2nd August 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

He had defeated Tatsumitsu Wada at ONE Championship – Hero’s Ascent on 25th January 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila.

Activity check

Kingad's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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

What were the odds on Kingad vs Wakamatsu?

Danny Kingad was a 8/13 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Yuya Wakamatsu made his way into the ring at 6/5 (+120) with oddsmakers.