Kim vs Sato

Who won Kim vs Sato?

Shoko Sato beat Jae Woong Kim by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE on Prime Video 6, on Friday 13th January 2023 at Impact Arena in Bangkok.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Shoko Sato.

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

Kim vs Sato stats

Jae Woong Kim stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Shoko Sato made his way to the cage with a record of 32 wins, 15 losses and 2 draws, 19 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Jae Woong Kim's One Championship record stood at 4-5-0, while Shoko Sato's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Kim had a slight advantage in power over Sato, with a 69% knock out percentage over Sato's 59%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sato had a slight advantage over Kim, with a 9% submission rate over Kim's 8%.

Jae Woong Kim was the younger man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

Sato had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kim.

Kim was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 29 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 5 years and 3 months later than Sato, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 74 less professional rounds, 39 to Sato's 113.

Kim vs Sato form

Jae Woong Kim had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kevin Belingon at ONE on Prime Video 4 on 18th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Shamil Gasanov at ONE on Prime Video 3 on 21st October 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kai Tang at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had beaten Martin Nguyen at ONE Championship – 10 Year Anniversary 2 on 24th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had defeated Tetsuya Yamada at ONE Championship – Big Bang 2 on 11th December 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

Kim's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

Sato's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kim vs Sato?

Jae Woong Kim was a 8/11 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Shoko Sato made his way into the ring at 11/10 (+110) with oddsmakers.