Nakamura vs Yamamoto

Who won Nakamura vs Yamamoto?

Sora Yamamoto beat Daisuke Nakamura by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 34, on Saturday 19th March 2022 at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka in Osaka.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Sora Yamamoto.

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

Nakamura vs Yamamoto stats

Daisuke Nakamura stepped into the octagon with a record of 30 wins, 20 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 15 by submission.

Sora Yamamoto made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Daisuke Nakamura's Rizin record stood at 1-1-0, while Sora Yamamoto's came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Nakamura had a slight advantage in power over Yamamoto, with a 27% knock out percentage over Yamamoto's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yamamoto had an advantage over Nakamura, with a 63% submission rate over Nakamura's 50%.

Daisuke Nakamura was the older man by 43 years, at 43 years old.

Nakamura had a height advantage of 6 inches over Yamamoto.

Nakamura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 39 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 14 years earlier than Yamamoto, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 77 more professional rounds, 114 to Yamamoto's 37.

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Yamamoto's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nakamura vs Yamamoto?

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