Ito vs Ueda

Who won Ito vs Ueda?

Yuki Ito beat Masatoshi Ueda by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 8 in Saga, on Saturday 24th February 2024 at Saga Arena in Saga.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yuki Ito.

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).

Ito vs Ueda stats

Yuki Ito stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Masatoshi Ueda made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 9 losses and 3 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Yuki Ito's Rizin record stood at 6-1-0, while Masatoshi Ueda's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Ito had a massive power advantage over Ueda, boasting a 47% knock out percentage over Ueda's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ueda had a slight advantage over Ito, with a 20% submission rate over Ito's 13%.

Yuki Ito was the younger man by 9 years, at 27 years old.

Ueda had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ito.

Ito was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 6 years and 8 months later than Ueda, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 35 less professional rounds, 44 to Ueda's 79.

Ito vs Ueda form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Thanongsaklek at RIZIN LANDMARK 6 in NAGOYA on 1st October 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Hiroya Kondo at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Erson Yamamoto at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

Before that, he had defeated Yuichi Miyagi at RIZIN 36 on 2nd July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Okinawa Arena, Okinawa.

He was victorious against Yusaku Nakamura at RIZIN 31 on 24th October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM (ぴあありーなMM), Yokohama.

Activity check

Ito's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ito vs Ueda?

Yuki Ito was a 2/9 (-450) favourite going into the contest, while Masatoshi Ueda made his way into the ring at 3/1 (+300) with oddsmakers.