Wakamatsu vs Kim

Who won Wakamatsu vs Kim?

Yuya Wakamatsu beat Kyu Sung Kim by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix 2, on Friday 6th November 2020 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Wakamatsu vs Kim stats

Yuya Wakamatsu stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Kyu Sung Kim made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Yuya Wakamatsu's 12th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Yuya Wakamatsu's One Championship record stood at 8-4-0, while Kyu Sung Kim's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Wakamatsu had a large advantage in power over Kim, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Kim's 60%.

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

Yuya Wakamatsu was the younger man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Kim had a height advantage of 6 inches over Wakamatsu.

Wakamatsu was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 6 months later than Kim, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 50 to Kim's 23.

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Wakamatsu's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 2 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Wakamatsu vs Kim?

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