Song vs Nakahara

Who won Song vs Nakahara?

Young Jae Song beat Yoshiki Nakahara by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of RIZIN in Korea, on Saturday 31st May 2025 at Paradise City in Seoul.

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).

Song vs Nakahara stats

Young Jae Song stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Yoshiki Nakahara made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Young Jae Song's 1st fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2025. Yoshiki Nakahara marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Young Jae Song's Rizin record stood at 1-0-0, while Yoshiki Nakahara's came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Song had a massive power advantage over Nakahara, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Nakahara's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Song had a slight advantage over Nakahara, with a 14% submission rate over Nakahara's 6%.

Young Jae Song was the younger man by 32 years, at years old.

Song was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 11 months later than Nakahara, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 36 less professional rounds, 20 to Nakahara's 56.

Song vs Nakahara form

Nakahara had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Viktor Kolesnik at RIZIN 46 on 6th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Rikuto Shirakawa at RIZIN 44 on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had beaten Akira Haraguchi at RIZIN 39 on 23rd October 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka.

He had defeated Tetsuya Seki at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Nakahara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Song vs Nakahara?

Young Jae Song was a 87/100 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Yoshiki Nakahara made his way into the ring at 87/100 (-110) with oddsmakers.