Who won Motoya vs Hokamura?
Yuki Motoya beat Yuto Hokamura by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 33, on Thursday 30th December 2021 at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ) in Saitama.
The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yuki Motoya.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Motoya vs Hokamura division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).
Motoya vs Hokamura stats
Yuki Motoya stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.
Yuto Hokamura made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 11 losses and 2 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.
Yuki Motoya's Rizin record stood at 10-6-0, while Yuto Hokamura's came in at 3-5-0.
The stats suggested Hokamura had a massive power advantage over Motoya, boasting a 72% knock out percentage over Motoya's 21%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Motoya had a massive advantage over Hokamura, boasting a 43% submission rate over Hokamura's 11%.
Yuki Motoya was the older man by 4 years, at 35 years old.
Motoya had a height advantage of 1 inch over Hokamura.
Motoya was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 2 months earlier than Hokamura, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 40 more professional rounds, 94 to Hokamura's 54.
Motoya vs Hokamura form
Motoya had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Vince Morales at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Kai Asakura at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.
Going into that contest, he had won against Rogerio Bontorin at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.
Before that, he had beaten Kazuma Kuramoto at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.4 on 6th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.
He had defeated Shinobu Ota at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.
Activity check
Motoya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.
Hokamura's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.
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