Hokamura vs Tsubota

Who won Hokamura vs Tsubota?

Yuto Hokamura beat Daiki Tsubota by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE, on Saturday 23rd March 2024 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yuto Hokamura.

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 Tsubota stats

Yuto Hokamura stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 13 losses and 2 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Daiki Tsubota made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 8 losses and 3 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Hokamura had a massive power advantage over Tsubota, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Tsubota's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tsubota had a large advantage over Hokamura, boasting a 40% submission rate over Hokamura's 14%.

Yuto Hokamura was the younger man by 4 years, at 31 years old.

Tsubota had a height advantage of 2 inches over Hokamura.

Hokamura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 10 months earlier than Tsubota, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 54 to Tsubota's 50.

Hokamura vs Tsubota 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 2 years, 10 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 29 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 Tsubota?

Yuto Hokamura was a 1/2 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Daiki Tsubota made his way into the ring at 6/4 (+150) with oddsmakers.