Sato vs Kwon

Who won Sato vs Kwon?

Shoko Sato beat Won Il Kwon by submission in the 1st round during the main card of ONE Championship – Fire & Fury, on Friday 31st January 2020 at Mall Of Asia Arena in Manila.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Sato vs Kwon stats

Shoko Sato stepped into the octagon with a record of 34 wins, 16 losses and 3 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Won Il Kwon made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Won Il Kwon marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Shoko Sato's One Championship record stood at 4-2-0, while Won Il Kwon's came in at 9-5-0.

The stats suggested Kwon had an advantage in power over Sato, with a 71% knock out percentage over Sato's 53%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kwon had a slight advantage over Sato, with a 14% submission rate over Sato's 9%.

Shoko Sato was the older man by 37 years, at 37 years old.

Kwon had a height advantage of 1 inch over Sato.

Sato was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 44 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 7 years and 2 months earlier than Kwon, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 85 more professional rounds, 113 to Kwon's 28.

Sato vs Kwon form

Won Il Kwon had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kevin Belingon at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors 2 on 17th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had beaten Rui Chen at ONE Championship – Unbreakable 2 on 29th January 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Bruno Pucci at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix 4 on 20th November 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he had lost to Shoko Sato at ONE Championship – Fire & Fury on 31st January 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Mall Of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

He had been beaten by Koyomi Matsushima at ONE Championship – Legendary Quest on 15th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Shanghai, China.

Activity check

Kwon's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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