Wada vs Balart

Who won Wada vs Balart?

Tatsumitsu Wada beat Gustavo Balart by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE Championship – Roots of Honor, on Friday 12th April 2019 at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tatsumitsu Wada.

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).

Wada vs Balart stats

Tatsumitsu Wada stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 10 losses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Gustavo Balart made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Tatsumitsu Wada's One Championship record stood at 4-5-0, while Gustavo Balart's came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Wada had an advantage in power over Balart, with a 25% knock out percentage over Balart's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Wada had a large advantage over Balart, boasting a 25% submission rate over Balart's 0%.

Tatsumitsu Wada was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Wada had a height advantage of 8 inches over Balart.

Wada was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 years and 6 months earlier than Balart, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 47 more professional rounds, 89 to Balart's 42.

Wada vs Balart form

Tatsumitsu Wada had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Shuo Wang at ONE Championship – Only the Brave on 28th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Yodkaikaew Fairtex at ONE Championship – Collision Course on 18th December 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Demetrious Johnson at ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes on 2nd August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Before that, he had beaten Gustavo Balart at ONE Championship – Roots of Honor on 12th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila.

He had been defeated by Danny Kingad at ONE Championship – Hero’s Ascent on 25th January 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila.

Activity check

Wada's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Balart's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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