Lee vs Yokota

Who won Lee vs Yokota?

Christian Lee beat Kazunori Yokota by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of ONE Championship – Visions of Victory, on Friday 9th March 2018 at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Lee vs Yokota stats

Christian Lee stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Kazunori Yokota made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 7 losses and 3 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Christian Lee's One Championship record stood at 17-4-0, while Kazunori Yokota's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Lee had a massive power advantage over Yokota, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Yokota's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lee had an advantage over Yokota, with a 38% submission rate over Yokota's 23%.

Christian Lee was the younger man by 21 years, at 25 years old.

Lee had a height advantage of 2 inches over Yokota.

Lee was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 27 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 11 years and 2 months later than Yokota, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 47 less professional rounds, 39 to Yokota's 86.

Lee vs Yokota form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kazuki Tokudome at ONE Championship – Heart of the Lion on 9th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Edward Kelly at ONE Championship – Beyond the Horizon on 8th September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Martin Nguyen at ONE Championship – Unstoppable Dreams on 18th May 2018 by split decision in their ONE Featherweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had beaten Kazunori Yokota at ONE Championship – Visions of Victory on 9th March 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

He had defeated Cary Bullos at ONE Championship – Ascent to Power on 6th May 2016 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Activity check

Lee's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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