Adriano Moraes wears the crown with a surprising amount of ease.
As Moraes and Wakamatsu make final preparations ahead of their championship showdown, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
32: Years of age for Moraes, who was born on April 21, 1989 in Brasilia, Brazil.
9: Moraes victories by submission, accounting for 47% of his career total (19). His methods of choice: four rear-naked chokes, two guillotine chokes, two arm-triangle chokes and one brabo choke. Moraes owns four other victories by knockout or technical knockout and six more by decision.
1,914: Days spent by Moraes as One Championship flyweight titleholder. It covers three different reigns, from Sept. 12, 2014 to Nov. 21, 2015, from Aug. 5, 2017 to June 23, 2018 and from Jan. 25, 2019 to now.
6: First-round finishes on the Moraes resume, with two of them having taken place under the One Championship banner. He submitted Eugene Toquero with a brabo choke in 4:53 at One Championship “Union of Warriors” on March 18, 2016 and put way Danny Kingad with a rear-naked choke in 4:45 at One Championship “Legends of the World” on Nov. 10, 2017.
.776: Cumulative winning percentage between the three men—Geje Eustaquio, Kairat Akhmetov and Yusup Saadulaev—who have beaten Moraes. They boast a combined record of 59-16-1.
27: Years of age for Wakamatsu, who was born in Kagoshima, Japan, on Feb. 9, 1995.
11: Wakamatsu wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 73% of his career total (15). His list of victims includes Eustaquio, Mamoru Yamaguchi and Shohei Masumizu. Wakamatsu holds four other wins by decision.
7: Consecutive calendar years in which Wakamatsu has fought at least once. He went 2-1 in 2015, 4-0 in 2016, 3-0 in 2017, 1-2 in 2018, 2-1 in 2019, 1-0 in 2020 and 2-0 in 2021.
40: Seconds needed for Wakamatsu to cut down Sadashi Hamamatsu with punches at Pancrase 274 on Dec. 20, 2015. Having occurred more than six years ago, it remains the fastest finish of his 19-fight career.
65: Combined victories between the four men—Johnson, Danny Kingad, Senzo Ikeda and Yuto Sekiguchi—who have defeated Wakamatsu. They sport a cumulative .765 winning percentage at 65-17-3.