Yang vs Hokamura

Who won Yang vs Hokamura?

Ji Yong Yang beat Yuto Hokamura 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 Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Yang vs Hokamura stats

Ji Yong Yang stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Yuto Hokamura made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 13 losses and 2 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Ji Yong Yang's 4th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Yuto Hokamura marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Ji Yong Yang's Rizin record stood at 3-1-0, while Yuto Hokamura's came in at 3-7-0.

The stats suggested Hokamura had a large advantage in power over Yang, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Yang's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yang had an advantage over Hokamura, with a 25% submission rate over Hokamura's 13%.

Ji Yong Yang was the younger man by 32 years, at years old.

Yang was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2020, 9 years and 2 months later than Hokamura, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 30 less professional rounds, 28 to Hokamura's 58.

Yang vs Hokamura form

Yuto Hokamura had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kyouma Akimoto at RIZIN 48 on 29th September 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Daiki Tsubota at RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE on 23rd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kobe World Hall, Kobe.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Koichi Ishizuka at RIZIN 41 on 1st April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka.

Before that, he had been defeated by Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had lost to Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Activity check

Yang's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

Hokamura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Yang vs Hokamura?

Ji Yong Yang was a 2/5 (-250) favourite going into the contest, while Yuto Hokamura made his way into the ring at 19/10 (+190) with oddsmakers.