Nakamura vs Kondo

Who won Nakamura vs Kondo?

Yusaku Nakamura beat Hiroya Kondo by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 6 in NAGOYA, on Sunday 1st October 2023 at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya.

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

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

Nakamura vs Kondo stats

Yusaku Nakamura stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 10 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Hiroya Kondo made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Yusaku Nakamura's Rizin record stood at 4-4-0, while Hiroya Kondo's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Nakamura had a large advantage in power over Kondo, boasting a 47% knock out percentage over Kondo's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kondo had a massive advantage over Nakamura, boasting a 38% submission rate over Nakamura's 0%.

Yusaku Nakamura was the older man by 11 years, at 37 years old.

Nakamura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 7 years and 5 months earlier than Kondo, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 63 to Kondo's 38.

Nakamura vs Kondo form

Yusaku Nakamura had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, Japan.

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

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had lost to Makoto Takahashi at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Nakamura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 15 days. 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 Kondo?

Yusaku Nakamura was a 4/6 (-150) favourite going into the contest, while Hiroya Kondo made his way into the ring at 6/5 (+120) with oddsmakers.