Gafurov vs Yamada

Who won Gafurov vs Yamada?

Marat Gafurov beat Tetsuya Yamada by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE Championship – For Honor, on Friday 3rd May 2019 at Istora Senayan in Jakarta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Marat Gafurov.

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).

Gafurov vs Yamada stats

Marat Gafurov stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Tetsuya Yamada made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Marat Gafurov's One Championship record stood at 10-4-0, while Tetsuya Yamada's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Yamada had a massive power advantage over Gafurov, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Gafurov's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gafurov had a massive advantage over Yamada, boasting a 75% submission rate over Yamada's 35%.

Marat Gafurov was the older man by 5 years, at 39 years old.

Yamada had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gafurov.

Gafurov was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 6 months later than Yamada, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 26 less professional rounds, 46 to Yamada's 72.

Gafurov vs Yamada form

Marat Gafurov had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Rae Yoon Ok at ONE on TNT 3 on 21st April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Lowen Tynanes at ONE Championship – Collision Course on 18th December 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Iuri Lapicus at ONE Championship – Warrior’s Code on 7th February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Before that, he had beaten Tetsuya Yamada at ONE Championship – For Honor on 3rd May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Istora Senayan, Jakarta.

He had been defeated by Koyomi Matsushima at ONE Championship – Conquest of Heroes on 22nd September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta.

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Gafurov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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