Nakamura vs Ito

Who won Nakamura vs Ito?

Yuki Ito beat Yusaku Nakamura by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 31, on Sunday 24th October 2021 at Pia Arena MM (ぴあありーなMM) in Yokohama.

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

Nakamura vs Ito stats

Yusaku Nakamura stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Yuki Ito made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Yusaku Nakamura's Rizin record stood at 4-4-0, while Yuki Ito's came in at 6-1-0.

The stats suggested Ito had a slight advantage in power over Nakamura, with a 57% knock out percentage over Nakamura's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ito had an advantage over Nakamura, with a 14% submission rate over Nakamura's 0%.

Yusaku Nakamura was the older man by 11 years, at 38 years old.

Ito had a height advantage of 2 inches over Nakamura.

Nakamura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 7 years and 10 months earlier than Ito, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 63 to Ito's 44.

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Nakamura's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nakamura vs Ito?

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