Hokamura vs Kato

Who won Hokamura vs Kato?

Yuto Hokamura beat Kenji Kato by submission in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 21, on Saturday 22nd February 2020 at Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamatsu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Hokamura vs Kato division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Hokamura vs Kato stats

Yuto Hokamura stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 9 losses and 2 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Kenji Kato made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

Yuto Hokamura's Rizin record stood at 3-5-0, while Kenji Kato's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Hokamura had an advantage in power over Kato, with a 81% knock out percentage over Kato's 64%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hokamura had a slight advantage over Kato, with a 6% submission rate over Kato's 0%.

Yuto Hokamura was the younger man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Kato had a height advantage of 1 inch over Hokamura.

Hokamura was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 7 months later than Kato, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 54 to Kato's 39.

Hokamura vs Kato 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, 2 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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