Yamauchi vs Awad

Who won Yamauchi vs Awad?

Goiti Yamauchi beat Saad Awad by submission in the 1st round during the co-main event of Bellator 229, on Friday 4th October 2019 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Yamauchi vs Awad stats

Goiti Yamauchi stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 18 by submission.

Saad Awad made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Goiti Yamauchi's 19th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013.

Goiti Yamauchi's Bellator record stood at 14-5-0, while Saad Awad's came in at 12-11-0.

The stats suggested Awad had a massive power advantage over Yamauchi, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Yamauchi's 4%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yamauchi had a massive advantage over Awad, boasting a 78% submission rate over Awad's 30%.

Goiti Yamauchi was the younger man by 10 years, at 31 years old.

Awad had a height advantage of 1 inch over Yamauchi. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Yamauchi was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 6 months later than Awad, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 63 to Awad's 64.

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