Thani vs Akiyama

Who won Thani vs Akiyama?

Agilan Thani beat Yoshihiro Akiyama by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of ONE Championship – Legendary Quest, on Saturday 15th June 2019 in Shanghai.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Agilan Thani.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Thani vs Akiyama stats

Agilan Thani stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Yoshihiro Akiyama made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Agilan Thani's One Championship record stood at 10-7-0, while Yoshihiro Akiyama's came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Akiyama had a slight advantage in power over Thani, with a 36% knock out percentage over Thani's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Thani had a slight advantage over Akiyama, with a 56% submission rate over Akiyama's 50%.

Agilan Thani was the younger man by 20 years, at 29 years old.

Akiyama had a height advantage of 1 inch over Thani.

Thani was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 8 years and 11 months later than Akiyama, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 35 to Akiyama's 41.

Thani vs Akiyama form

Agilan Thani had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Hiroyuki Tetsuka at ONE Championship – Blockbuster on 12th November 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Tyler McGuire at ONE Championship – Big Bang 2 on 11th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had won against Dante Schiro at ONE Championship – Mark of Greatness on 6th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Before that, he had beaten Yoshihiro Akiyama at ONE Championship – Legendary Quest on 15th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Shanghai, China.

He had been defeated by Kiamrian Abbasov at ONE Championship – Destiny of Champions on 7th December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Thani's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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