Yamauchi vs Cruickshank

Who won Yamauchi vs Cruickshank?

Goiti Yamauchi beat Daron Cruickshank by submission in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 237, on Saturday 28th December 2019 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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 Cruickshank stats

Goiti Yamauchi stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 19 by submission.

Daron Cruickshank made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 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 Daron Cruickshank's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Cruickshank had a massive power advantage over Yamauchi, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Yamauchi's 4%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yamauchi had a massive advantage over Cruickshank, boasting a 79% submission rate over Cruickshank's 9%.

Goiti Yamauchi was the younger man by 8 years, at 31 years old.

Yamauchi had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cruickshank. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Yamauchi was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year later than Cruickshank, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 63 to Cruickshank's 71.

Yamauchi vs Cruickshank form

Yamauchi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Michael Page at Bellator 292 on 10th March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Neiman Gracie at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

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

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

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.

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 16 on 2nd June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Damien Brown at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had won against Diego Brand o at RIZIN 13 on 30th September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had beaten Tom Santos at RIZIN 11 on 29th July 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had defeated Koshi Matsumoto at RIZIN 10 on 6th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Goiti Yamauchi had been fighting more than Daron Cruickshank.

Going to this contest, Goiti Yamauchi had last fought 1 year, 4 months and 14 days ago, while Daron Cruickshank's last outing had been 5 years, 1 month and 22 days ago.

Yamauchi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

Cruickshank's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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