Inoue vs Hokamura

Who won Inoue vs Hokamura?

Naoki Inoue beat Yuto Hokamura by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of RIZIN 30, on Sunday 19th September 2021 at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ) in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Naoki Inoue.

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

Inoue vs Hokamura stats

Naoki Inoue stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 10 by submission.

Yuto Hokamura made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 10 losses and 2 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Naoki Inoue's Rizin record stood at 7-2-0, while Yuto Hokamura's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Hokamura had a massive power advantage over Inoue, boasting a 76% knock out percentage over Inoue's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Inoue had a massive advantage over Hokamura, boasting a 67% submission rate over Hokamura's 12%.

Naoki Inoue was the younger man by 5 years, at 26 years old.

Inoue had a height advantage of 2 inches over Hokamura.

Inoue was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 8 months later than Hokamura, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 42 to Hokamura's 54.

Inoue vs Hokamura form

Inoue had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Juan Archuleta at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Kenta Takizawa at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Hiromasa Ougikubo 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 beaten Yuto Hokamura 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 defeated Shintaro Ishiwatari at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo.

Yuto Hokamura had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by 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 lost to 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 beaten 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 been defeated by 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 was victorious 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

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yuto Hokamura had been fighting more than Naoki Inoue.

Going to this contest, Naoki Inoue had last fought 11 months and 12 days ago, while Yuto Hokamura's last outing had been 1 year and 17 days ago.

Inoue's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Hokamura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 24 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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