Nakahara vs Kolesnik

Who won Nakahara vs Kolesnik?

Viktor Kolesnik beat Yoshiki Nakahara by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 46, on Monday 29th April 2024 at Tokyo Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Viktor Kolesnik.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Nakahara vs Kolesnik stats

Yoshiki Nakahara stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Viktor Kolesnik made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Yoshiki Nakahara's 5th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Viktor Kolesnik marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Yoshiki Nakahara's Rizin record stood at 3-2-0, while Viktor Kolesnik's came in at 3-0-0.

The stats suggested Nakahara had an advantage in power over Kolesnik, with a 44% knock out percentage over Kolesnik's 28%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kolesnik had a large advantage over Nakahara, boasting a 32% submission rate over Nakahara's 6%.

Yoshiki Nakahara was the older man by 3 years, at 31 years old.

Kolesnik had a height advantage of 3 inches over Nakahara.

Nakahara was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 8 months earlier than Kolesnik, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 53 to Kolesnik's 62.

Nakahara vs Kolesnik form

Nakahara had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Akira Haraguchi at RIZIN 39 on 23rd October 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Tetsuya Seki at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had defeated Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg at ONE on TNT 2 on 14th April 2021 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He was victorious against Ruslan Emilbek at ONE Championship – Fists of Fury 2 on 5th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

Nakahara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

Kolesnik's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nakahara vs Kolesnik?

Yoshiki Nakahara was a 13/10 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Viktor Kolesnik made his way into the ring at 4/7 (-180) with oddsmakers.