Sato vs Abelardo

Who won Sato vs Abelardo?

Shoko Sato beat Mark Abelardo by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of ONE Championship – Warriors of Light, on Friday 10th May 2019 at Impact Arena in Bangkok.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Sato vs Abelardo stats

Shoko Sato stepped into the octagon with a record of 31 wins, 16 losses and 3 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Mark Abelardo made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Shoko Sato's One Championship record stood at 4-2-0, while Mark Abelardo's came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Abelardo had an advantage in power over Sato, with a 61% knock out percentage over Sato's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Abelardo had a slight advantage over Sato, with a 17% submission rate over Sato's 10%.

Shoko Sato was the older man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

Sato had a height advantage of 4 inches over Abelardo.

Sato was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 27 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 3 years and 6 months earlier than Abelardo, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 42 more professional rounds, 113 to Abelardo's 71.

Sato vs Abelardo form

Abelardo had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Emilio Urrutia at ONE Championship – Fists of Fury 2 on 5th March 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Fabricio de Andrade at ONE Championship – No Surrender on 31st July 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ayideng Jumayi at ONE Championship – Dawn of Valor on 25th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Before that, he had been beaten by Shoko Sato at ONE Championship – Warriors of Light on 10th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

He had defeated Daichi Takenaka at ONE Championship – Clash of Legends on 16th February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Impact Arena, Bangkok.

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Abelardo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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