Samociuk vs James

Who won Samociuk vs James?

Marek Samociuk beat Daniel James by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN Otokomatsuri, on Sunday 4th May 2025 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Marek Samociuk.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Samociuk vs James stats

Marek Samociuk stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Daniel James made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for Rizin.

The stats suggested James had a slight advantage in power over Samociuk, with a 73% knock out percentage over Samociuk's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested James had an advantage over Samociuk, with a 20% submission rate over Samociuk's 0%.

Marek Samociuk was the younger man by 15 years, at 28 years old.

James had a height advantage of 6 inches over Samociuk. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Samociuk was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 5 years and 2 months later than James, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 34 less professional rounds, 17 to James' 51.

Samociuk vs James form

Daniel James had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Marcelo Golm at PFL 1: 2024 Regular Season on 4th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Boeing Center, San Antonio, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Gokhan Saricam at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Marcelo Golm at Bellator 293 on 31st March 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

Before that, he had defeated Tyrell Fortune at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

He had been beaten by Brett Martin at LFA 77 on 27th September 2019 by knockout in the 5th round at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

Activity check

Samociuk's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

James' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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