Hokamura vs Akimoto

Who won Hokamura vs Akimoto?

Kyouma Akimoto beat Yuto Hokamura by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 48, on Sunday 29th September 2024 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Hokamura vs Akimoto stats

Yuto Hokamura stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 13 losses and 2 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Kyouma Akimoto made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 5 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Kyouma Akimoto will be making their debut in Rizin.

Yuto Hokamura's Rizin record stood at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested that Hokamura and Akimoto have similar power, both with a 60% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Akimoto had a slight advantage over Hokamura, with a 20% submission rate over Hokamura's 13%.

Yuto Hokamura was the older man by 13 years, at 31 years old.

Akimoto had a height advantage of 4 inches over Hokamura.

Hokamura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 25 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 11 years and 1 month earlier than Akimoto, whose first professional fight was in 2022. He had fought 47 more professional rounds, 54 to Akimoto's 7.

Hokamura vs Akimoto form

Yuto Hokamura had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Koichi Ishizuka at RIZIN 41 on 1st April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Before that, he had lost to Naoki Inoue at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

He had won against Kuya Ito at RIZIN 29 on 27th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka(丸善インテックアリーナ大阪), Osaka.

Activity check

Hokamura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Hokamura vs Akimoto?

Yuto Hokamura was a 7/4 (+180) underdog going into the contest, while Kyouma Akimoto made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.