Yamauchi vs Chokheli

Who won Yamauchi vs Chokheli?

Goiti Yamauchi beat Levan Chokheli by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of Bellator 279, on Saturday 23rd April 2022 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Yamauchi vs Chokheli stats

Goiti Yamauchi stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 20 by submission.

Levan Chokheli made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out.

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 Levan Chokheli's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Chokheli had a massive power advantage over Yamauchi, boasting a 90% knock out percentage over Yamauchi's 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yamauchi had a massive advantage over Chokheli, boasting a 77% submission rate over Chokheli's 0%.

Goiti Yamauchi was the older man by 4 years, at 31 years old.

Chokheli had a height advantage of 3 inches over Yamauchi.

Yamauchi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 years and 5 months earlier than Chokheli, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 40 more professional rounds, 63 to Chokheli's 23.

Yamauchi vs Chokheli form

Yamauchi had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Neiman Gracie at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Levan Chokheli at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Chris Gonzalez at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he was victorious against Daron Cruickshank at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

He had won against Saad Awad at Bellator 229 on 4th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, United States.

Activity check

Yamauchi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

Chokheli's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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