Yamada vs Nunes

Who won Yamada vs Nunes?

Tetsuya Yamada beat Rafael Nunes by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of ONE Championship – Spirit of a Warrior, on Friday 29th June 2018 at Thuwunna Indoor Stadium in Yangon.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Yamada vs Nunes stats

Tetsuya Yamada stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Rafael Nunes made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Tetsuya Yamada's One Championship record stood at 3-4-0, while Rafael Nunes' came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested that Yamada and Nunes have similar power, both with a 36% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nunes had an advantage over Yamada, with a 55% submission rate over Yamada's 36%.

Tetsuya Yamada was the younger man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Yamada was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 8 months earlier than Nunes, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 48 more professional rounds, 72 to Nunes' 24.

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Yamada's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years and 17 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 Yamada vs Nunes?

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