Saomoto vs Nakamura

Who won Saomoto vs Nakamura?

Tatsuki Saomoto beat Yusaku Nakamura by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 23, on Monday 10th August 2020 at Pia Arena MM in Yokohama.

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

Saomoto vs Nakamura stats

Tatsuki Saomoto stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Yusaku Nakamura made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

Tatsuki Saomoto's Rizin record stood at 4-1-0, while Yusaku Nakamura's came in at 4-4-0.

The stats suggested Nakamura had a massive power advantage over Saomoto, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Saomoto's 14%.

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

Tatsuki Saomoto was the younger man by 11 years, at 28 years old.

Nakamura had a height advantage of 2 inches over Saomoto.

Saomoto was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 5 years and 5 months later than Nakamura, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 19 less professional rounds, 44 to Nakamura's 63.

Saomoto vs Nakamura form

Yusaku Nakamura had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Mehman Mamedov at RIZIN 41 on 1st April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Takaki Soya at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.4 on 6th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Yuki Ito at RIZIN 31 on 24th October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM (ぴあありーなMM), Yokohama.

Before that, he had been defeated by Tatsuki Saomoto at RIZIN 23 on 10th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

He had lost to Makoto Takahashi at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Saomoto's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Nakamura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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