Saadulaev vs Imanari

Who won Saadulaev vs Imanari?

Yusup Saadulaev beat Masakazu Imanari by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE Championship – Kings of Courage, on Saturday 20th January 2018 at Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yusup Saadulaev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Saadulaev vs Imanari stats

Yusup Saadulaev stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Masakazu Imanari made his way to the cage with a record of 36 wins, 16 losses and 2 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 25 by submission.

Yusup Saadulaev's One Championship record stood at 8-5-0, while Masakazu Imanari's came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Saadulaev had a slight advantage in power over Imanari, with a 13% knock out percentage over Imanari's 3%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Saadulaev and Imanari would have been pretty equal, both with a 69% submission rate.

Yusup Saadulaev was the younger man by 9 years, at 40 years old.

Saadulaev had a height advantage of 1 inch over Imanari.

Saadulaev was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 33 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 years and 11 months later than Imanari, whose first professional fight was in 2000. He had fought 73 less professional rounds, 57 to Imanari's 130.

Saadulaev vs Imanari form

Masakazu Imanari had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Takeshi Kasugai at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.1 on 2nd October 2021 by submission in the 1st round.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kenta Takizawa at RIZIN 29 on 27th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka(丸善インテックアリーナ大阪), Osaka, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Radeem Rahman at ONE Championship – Pursuit of Greatness on 26th October 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Thuwunna Indoor Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar.

Before that, he had been beaten by Dae Hwan Kim at ONE Championship – Heroes of Honor on 20th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

He had been defeated by Yusup Saadulaev at ONE Championship – Kings of Courage on 20th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Imanari's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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