Nguyen vs Matsushima

Who won Nguyen vs Matsushima?

Martin Nguyen beat Koyomi Matsushima by during the main event of ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes, on Friday 2nd August 2019 at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Martin Nguyen.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship featherweight championship.

Nguyen vs Matsushima stats

Martin Nguyen stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Koyomi Matsushima made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Martin Nguyen's One Championship record stood at 12-6-0, while Koyomi Matsushima's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Nguyen had an advantage in power over Matsushima, with a 67% knock out percentage over Matsushima's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nguyen had an advantage over Matsushima, with a 25% submission rate over Matsushima's 9%.

Martin Nguyen was the older man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Nguyen was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 6 months earlier than Matsushima, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 47 to Matsushima's 33.

Nguyen vs Matsushima form

Nguyen had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Leonardo Casotti at ONE on Prime Video 7 on 24th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ilya Freymanov at ONE on Prime Video 2 on 30th September 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kiril Gorobets at ONE Championship on 11th March 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jae Woong Kim at ONE Championship – 10 Year Anniversary 2 on 24th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had been defeated by Thanh Le at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix on 30th October 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round in their ONE Featherweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

Nguyen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Matsushima's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 9 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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