Gonzalez vs Yamauchi

Who won Gonzalez vs Yamauchi?

Goiti Yamauchi beat Chris Gonzalez by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 263, on Saturday 31st July 2021 at The Forum in Inglewood.

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).

Gonzalez vs Yamauchi stats

Chris Gonzalez stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 5 wins, zero losses and 0 draws and 1 by submission.

Goiti Yamauchi made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 20 by submission.

Goiti Yamauchi marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Chris Gonzalez's Bellator record stood at 7-3-0, while Goiti Yamauchi's came in at 14-5-0.

The stats suggested Yamauchi had a slight advantage in power over Gonzalez, with a 4% knock out percentage over Gonzalez's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yamauchi had a massive advantage over Gonzalez, boasting a 80% submission rate over Gonzalez's 20%.

Chris Gonzalez was the younger man by 31 years, at years old.

Gonzalez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Yamauchi. Despite this, Yamauchi had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Gonzalez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 24 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 8 years later than Yamauchi, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 39 less professional rounds, 24 to Yamauchi's 63.

Gonzalez vs Yamauchi form

Gonzalez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Usman Nurmagomedov at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Saad Awad at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Goiti Yamauchi at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he had beaten Roger Huerta at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated Aaron McKenzie at Bellator 239 on 21st February 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Activity check

Gonzalez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Yamauchi's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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