Kingad vs Wakamatsu

Who won Kingad vs Wakamatsu?

Yuya Wakamatsu beat Danny Kingad by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE 165, on Sunday 28th January 2024 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yuya Wakamatsu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Kingad vs Wakamatsu stats

Danny Kingad stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Yuya Wakamatsu made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

Danny Kingad's One Championship record stood at 11-3-0, while Yuya Wakamatsu's came in at 6-4-0.

The stats suggested Wakamatsu had a massive power advantage over Kingad, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Kingad's 7%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kingad had an advantage over Wakamatsu, with a 13% submission rate over Wakamatsu's 0%.

Danny Kingad was the younger man by 29 years, at years old.

Wakamatsu had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kingad.

Kingad was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 8 years and 10 months earlier than Wakamatsu, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 47 to Wakamatsu's 44.

Kingad vs Wakamatsu form

Danny Kingad had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Eko Roni Saputra at ONE on Prime Video 7 on 10th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kairat Akhmetov at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors 2 on 17th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Wei Xie at ONE Championship – Fire & Fury on 31st January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall Of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Before that, he had been beaten by Demetrious Johnson at ONE Championship – Century – Part 1 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

He had defeated Reece McLaren at ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes on 2nd August 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Wakamatsu had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Wei Xie at ONE Fight Night 12 on 14th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Sung Hoon Woo at ONE Championship 163 on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Adriano Moraes at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by submission in the 3rd round in their ONE Flyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had won against Yong Hu at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors on 3rd December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had beaten Reece McLaren at ONE on TNT 3 on 21st April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yuya Wakamatsu had been fighting more than Danny Kingad.

Going to this contest, Danny Kingad had last fought 1 year, 2 months and 29 days ago, while Yuya Wakamatsu's last outing had been 9 months and 25 days ago.

Kingad's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Wakamatsu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kingad vs Wakamatsu?

Danny Kingad was a 8/13 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Yuya Wakamatsu made his way into the ring at 6/5 (+120) with oddsmakers.