Nguyen vs Matsushima

Who won Nguyen vs Matsushima?

Martin Nguyen beat Koyomi Matsushima by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes, on Friday 2nd August 2019 at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Featherweight championship.

Nguyen vs Matsushima stats

Martin Nguyen stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Koyomi Matsushima made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Martin Nguyen's 20th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Martin Nguyen's One Championship record stood at 12-8-0, while Koyomi Matsushima's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Nguyen had an advantage in power over Matsushima, with a 67% knock out percentage over Matsushima's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nguyen had an advantage over Matsushima, with a 25% submission rate over Matsushima's 9%.

Martin Nguyen was the older man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

Nguyen was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 6 months earlier than Matsushima, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 51 to Matsushima's 33.

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Nguyen's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.3 rounds on average.

Matsushima's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 3 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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