Nakahara vs Haraguchi

Who won Nakahara vs Haraguchi?

Yoshiki Nakahara beat Akira Haraguchi by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 39, on Sunday 23rd October 2022 at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A in Fukuoka.

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

Nakahara vs Haraguchi stats

Yoshiki Nakahara stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Akira Haraguchi made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Yoshiki Nakahara's 6th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Yoshiki Nakahara's Rizin record stood at 3-3-0, while Akira Haraguchi's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Nakahara had an advantage in power over Haraguchi, with a 44% knock out percentage over Haraguchi's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nakahara had a slight advantage over Haraguchi, with a 6% submission rate over Haraguchi's 0%.

Yoshiki Nakahara was the older man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Nakahara was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 years and 5 months earlier than Haraguchi, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 56 to Haraguchi's 22.

Nakahara vs Haraguchi form

Nakahara had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Rikuto Shirakawa at RIZIN 44 on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Akira Haraguchi at RIZIN 39 on 23rd October 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka.

Before that, he had defeated Tetsuya Seki at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He was victorious against Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg at ONE on TNT 2 on 14th April 2021 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

Nakahara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nakahara vs Haraguchi?

Yoshiki Nakahara was a 4/11 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Akira Haraguchi made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.