Wakamatsu vs Nakatani

Who won Wakamatsu vs Nakatani?

Yuya Wakamatsu beat Gilbert Nakatani by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE Fight Night 26, on Friday 6th December 2024 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yuya Wakamatsu.

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 Nakatani stats

Yuya Wakamatsu stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Gilbert Nakatani made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 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. Gilbert Nakatani marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Yuya Wakamatsu's One Championship record stood at 8-4-0, while Gilbert Nakatani's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Wakamatsu had a large advantage in power over Nakatani, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Nakatani's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nakatani had a large advantage over Wakamatsu, boasting a 25% submission rate over Wakamatsu's 0%.

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

Wakamatsu had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nakatani.

Wakamatsu was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 4 years earlier than Nakatani, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 50 to Nakatani's 26.

Wakamatsu vs Nakatani form

Wakamatsu had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Danny Kingad at ONE 165 on 28th January 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Wei Xie at ONE Fight Night 12 on 14th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Sung Hoon Woo at ONE Championship 163 on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had been beaten by Adriano Moraes at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by submission in the 3rd round in their ONE Flyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He had defeated Yong Hu at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors on 3rd December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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Wakamatsu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Nakatani's last 2 fights had come over a period of 9 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What time did Wakamatsu vs Nakatani start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:40 AM UTC , which was 8:40 PM EST or 5:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:40 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Wakamatsu vs Nakatani?

Yuya Wakamatsu was a 8/11 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Gilbert Nakatani made his way into the ring at 11/10 (+110) with oddsmakers.