Barnaoui vs Yachi

Who won Barnaoui vs Yachi?

Mansour Barnaoui beat Yusuke Yachi by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of Bellator Champions Series, on Friday 17th May 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris.

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).

Barnaoui vs Yachi stats

Mansour Barnaoui stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 13 by submission.

Yusuke Yachi made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Mansour Barnaoui's 4th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Yusuke Yachi marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Mansour Barnaoui's Bellator record stood at 2-2-0, while Yusuke Yachi's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Barnaoui had a slight advantage in power over Yachi, with a 30% knock out percentage over Yachi's 23%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Barnaoui had a massive advantage over Yachi, boasting a 65% submission rate over Yachi's 15%.

Mansour Barnaoui was the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Barnaoui had a height advantage of 3 inches over Yachi.

Barnaoui was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 10 months later than Yachi, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 31 less professional rounds, 61 to Yachi's 92.

Barnaoui vs Yachi form

Yusuke Yachi had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 33 on 30th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Koji Takeda at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Yuki Kawana at RIZIN 29 on 27th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka(丸善インテックアリーナ大阪), Osaka.

Before that, he had been beaten by Juri Ohara at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had been defeated by Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 22 on 9th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

Activity check

Barnaoui's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

Yachi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 18 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 Barnaoui vs Yachi?

Mansour Barnaoui was a 1/6 (-630) favourite going into the contest, while Yusuke Yachi made his way into the ring at 18/5 (+360) with oddsmakers.