Moraes vs Wakamatsu

Who won Moraes vs Wakamatsu?

Adriano Moraes beat Yuya Wakamatsu by submission in the 3rd round during the main card of ONE Championship – One X, on Saturday 26th March 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Flyweight championship.

Moraes vs Wakamatsu stats

Adriano Moraes stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Yuya Wakamatsu made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

Adriano Moraes' One Championship record stood at 11-5-0, while Yuya Wakamatsu's came in at 6-4-0.

The stats suggested Wakamatsu had a massive power advantage over Moraes, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Moraes' 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had a massive advantage over Wakamatsu, boasting a 50% submission rate over Wakamatsu's 0%.

Adriano Moraes was the older man by 6 years, at 35 years old.

Moraes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Wakamatsu.

Moraes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 9 months earlier than Wakamatsu, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 71 to Wakamatsu's 44.

Moraes vs Wakamatsu form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won 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 lost to 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 been beaten by 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 beaten 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 defeated Reece McLaren at ONE on TNT 3 on 21st April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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Moraes' last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

Wakamatsu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 26 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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