Nakamura vs Ashimov

Who won Nakamura vs Ashimov?

Yusaku Nakamura beat Arman Ashimov by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE, on Saturday 23rd March 2024 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yusaku Nakamura.

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).

Nakamura vs Ashimov stats

Yusaku Nakamura stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 10 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Arman Ashimov made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Yusaku Nakamura's Rizin record stood at 4-4-0, while Arman Ashimov's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Ashimov had an advantage in power over Nakamura, with a 58% knock out percentage over Nakamura's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ashimov had a slight advantage over Nakamura, with a 8% submission rate over Nakamura's 0%.

Yusaku Nakamura was the older man by 37 years, at 37 years old.

Ashimov had a height advantage of 2 inches over Nakamura.

Nakamura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 9 months earlier than Ashimov, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 63 to Ashimov's 34.

Nakamura vs Ashimov form

Yusaku Nakamura had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Hiroya Kondo at RIZIN LANDMARK 6 in NAGOYA on 1st October 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Mehman Mamedov at RIZIN 41 on 1st April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Takaki Soya at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.4 on 6th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Before that, he had been beaten by Yuki Ito at RIZIN 31 on 24th October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM (ぴあありーなMM), Yokohama.

He had been defeated by Tatsuki Saomoto at RIZIN 23 on 10th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

Activity check

Nakamura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nakamura vs Ashimov?

Yusaku Nakamura was a 15/8 (+190) underdog going into the contest, while Arman Ashimov made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.