Aoki vs Akiyama

Who won Aoki vs Akiyama?

Yoshihiro Akiyama beat Shinya Aoki by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of ONE Championship – One X, on Saturday 26th March 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Aoki vs Akiyama stats

Shinya Aoki stepped into the octagon with a record of 46 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 29 by submission.

Yoshihiro Akiyama made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Shinya Aoki's One Championship record stood at 12-5-0, while Yoshihiro Akiyama's came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Akiyama had a massive power advantage over Aoki, boasting a 40% knock out percentage over Aoki's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aoki had an advantage over Akiyama, with a 63% submission rate over Akiyama's 47%.

Shinya Aoki was the younger man by 8 years, at 40 years old.

Aoki had a height advantage of 1 inch over Akiyama. Despite this, Akiyama had 4-inch reach advantage.

Aoki was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 33 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 1 year and 1 month earlier than Akiyama, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 55 more professional rounds, 96 to Akiyama's 41.

Aoki vs Akiyama form

Shinya Aoki had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Eduard Folayang at ONE on TNT 4 on 28th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had beaten James Nakashima at ONE Championship – Unbreakable on 22nd January 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Honorio Banario at ONE Championship – Century – Part 2 on 13th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he had lost to Christian Lee at ONE Championship – Enter the Dragon on 17th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

He was victorious against Eduard Folayang at ONE Championship – A New Era on 31st March 2019 by submission in the 1st round in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

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Aoki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

Akiyama's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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