Home Events UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2 Kenichi Yamamoto vs Katsuhisa Fujii Kenichi Yamamoto vs Katsuhisa Fujii · UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2 Openweight · Title bout · 3 rounds · Card
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UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2
Friday, November 19, 1999 · Chiba · Japan
Full card → Result Kenichi Yamamoto def. Katsuhisa Fujii Method Submission (Kneebar From Bottom Guard) Round · time Round 2 · 4:15 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5) Referee John McCarthy Sig. strikes Kenichi Yamamoto 1/4 · Katsuhisa Fujii 27/63 · PropSports · round totals Total strikes Kenichi Yamamoto 1/4 · Katsuhisa Fujii 93/135 Scorecards None — the fight ended by Submission Analysis Round-by-round (2 rounds) Result Kenichi Yamamoto def. Katsuhisa Fujii
Submission (Kneebar From Bottom Guard) · Round 2 · 4:15 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
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Round-by-Round Analysis Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Submission · R2 · 4:15
R1 R2
Kenichi Yamamoto Round 2 Katsuhisa Fujii
1 / 3 Sig. strikes 5 / 9
33% Accuracy 56%
1 / 3 Total strikes 29 / 36
0 Knockdowns 0
0 / 0 Takedowns 0 / 1
1 Sub. attempts 0
0:00 Control 3:53
0.2 Pace / min 1.2
0% Control share 100%
Kenichi Yamamoto
Target head 0% · body 100% · leg 0%
Phase distance 0% · clinch 100% · ground 0%
Katsuhisa Fujii
Target head 60% · body 20% · leg 20%
Phase distance 20% · clinch 20% · ground 60%
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Fight summary
1 Kenichi Yamamoto sig. strikes
27 Katsuhisa Fujii sig. strikes
2 rounds observed
-73% largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Katsuhisa Fujii)
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
Fight stats 2 rounds · PropSports round stats 1 / 4 Sig. strikes 27 / 63
25% Accuracy 43%
1 / 4 Total strikes 93 / 135
0 Knockdowns 0
0 / 0 Takedowns 2 / 3
1 Sub attempts 0
0:00 Control 8:46
0 Head 25
1 Body 1
0 Leg 1
Kenichi Yamamoto Katsuhisa Fujii
Round Fighter KD Sig. str. Total TD Sub Ctrl Head Body Leg R1 Kenichi Yamamoto
Tale of the tape 5-12-2 Record 9-18-1
23 Age 27
6'0" Height 6'0"
— Reach —
Orthodox Stance Orthodox
0.30 Sig. str./min 4.00
0.00 TD / 15 min 2.14
Kenichi Yamamoto 1-1 in archive
0 KO/TKO wins
0 Sub wins
0% Finish rate
Katsuhisa Fujii 1-0 in archive
1 KO/TKO wins
0 Sub wins
100% Finish rate
