Motoya vs Yamaniha

Who won Motoya vs Yamaniha?

Yuki Motoya beat Alan Yoshihiro Yamaniha by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 35, on Sunday 17th April 2022 at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Chofu.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yuki Motoya.

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

Motoya vs Yamaniha stats

Yuki Motoya stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Alan Yoshihiro Yamaniha made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Yuki Motoya's Rizin record stood at 10-6-0, while Alan Yoshihiro Yamaniha's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Motoya had a large advantage in power over Yamaniha, boasting a 21% knock out percentage over Yamaniha's 0%.

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

Yuki Motoya was the younger man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Motoya had a height advantage of 2 inches over Yamaniha.

Motoya was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 39 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 month earlier than Yamaniha, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 94 to Yamaniha's 83.

Motoya vs Yamaniha form

Yuki Motoya had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Mamoru Uoi at RIZIN 23 on 10th August 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Patchy Mix at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Before that, he had beaten Justin Scoggins at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had defeated Kazuma Sone at RIZIN 12 on 12th August 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya.

Activity check

Motoya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Yamaniha's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

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