Yachi vs Kawana

Who won Yachi vs Kawana?

Yusuke Yachi beat Yuki Kawana by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 29, on Sunday 27th June 2021 at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka(丸善インテックアリーナ大阪) in Osaka.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yusuke Yachi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Yachi vs Kawana division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Yachi vs Kawana stats

Yusuke Yachi stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Yuki Kawana made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 5 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Yusuke Yachi's 17th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Yusuke Yachi's Rizin record stood at 10-7-0, while Yuki Kawana's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Kawana had a slight advantage in power over Yachi, with a 31% knock out percentage over Yachi's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kawana had a large advantage over Yachi, boasting a 31% submission rate over Yachi's 10%.

Yusuke Yachi was the same age as Yuki Kawana, at 34 years old.

Yachi had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kawana.

Yachi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 6 months earlier than Kawana, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 36 more professional rounds, 92 to Kawana's 56.

Yachi vs Kawana form

Yusuke Yachi had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Juri Ohara at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 22 on 9th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

Going into that contest, he had won against Hiroto Uesako at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had been defeated by Mikuru Asakura at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

He had lost to Johnny Case at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Yachi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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