Imanari vs Rahman

Who won Imanari vs Rahman?

Masakazu Imanari beat Radeem Rahman by submission in the 1st round during the main card of ONE Championship – Pursuit of Greatness, on Friday 26th October 2018 at Thuwunna Indoor Stadium in Yangon.

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

Imanari vs Rahman stats

Masakazu Imanari stepped into the octagon with a record of 36 wins, 18 losses and 2 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 25 by submission.

Radeem Rahman made his way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Masakazu Imanari's One Championship record stood at 3-3-0, while Radeem Rahman's came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Rahman had a massive power advantage over Imanari, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Imanari's 3%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Imanari had a massive advantage over Rahman, boasting a 69% submission rate over Rahman's 33%.

Masakazu Imanari was the older man by 12 years, at 48 years old.

Rahman had a height advantage of 2 inches over Imanari.

Imanari was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 52 more fights, and made his debut in 2000, 10 years and 11 months earlier than Rahman, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 120 more professional rounds, 130 to Rahman's 10.

Imanari vs Rahman form

Masakazu Imanari had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Takeshi Kasugai at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.1 on 2nd October 2021 by submission in the 1st round.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kenta Takizawa 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, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Radeem Rahman at ONE Championship – Pursuit of Greatness on 26th October 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Thuwunna Indoor Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar.

Before that, he had been beaten by Dae Hwan Kim at ONE Championship – Heroes of Honor on 20th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

He had been defeated by Yusup Saadulaev at ONE Championship – Kings of Courage on 20th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Activity check

Imanari's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 2 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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