Matsumoto vs Silveira

Who won Matsumoto vs Silveira?

Ryusei Matsumoto beat Russell Acosta by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Sunday, September 27th, 2026, at Toyota Arena Tokyo, Koto-Ku.

The scorecards were announced as 118-110, 116-112, 115-113 in favor of winner Ryusei Matsumoto.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Minimumweight division, which meant the weight limit was 105 pounds (7.5 stone or 47.6 kg).

This contest was for the WBO minimumweight championship of the world.

Matsumoto's captured the WBO Interim World Minimumweight Championship, winning the belt against in this fight. He had held this belt for 12 days.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Takuma Inoue beating Tenshin Nasukawa for the WBC World Bantamweight championship. Also on the undercard Ryosuke Nishida lost to Sam Goodman for the IBF Interim World Junior Featherweight belt, and Tomoya Tsuboi was overcome by Ricardo Malajika for the WBC World Super Flyweight title.

Matsumoto vs Silveira stats

Ryusei Matsumoto stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Russell Acosta made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 17 wins and 0 draws, with 6 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Matsumoto had an advantage in power over Acosta, with a 50% knockout percentage compared to Acosta's 35%.

Ryusei Matsumoto was the older man by 1 year, at 28 years old.

Ryusei Matsumoto fought out of the southpaw stance, while Russell Acosta was an orthodox fighter.

Matsumoto was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2023, 2 years and 10 months later than Acosta, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 49 fewer professional rounds, totaling 61 compared to Acosta's 110.

Ryusei Matsumoto went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBO at minimumweight.

Russell Acosta was ranked number 11 by the WBA, and 2 by the WBO in the 105lb division.

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Matsumoto's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 13 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.5 rounds on average.

What time did Matsumoto vs Silveira start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 PM UTC at Toyota Arena Tokyo, Koto-Ku, Japan, which was 8:00 AM EST or 5:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:00 PM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Matsumoto vs Silveira?

Matsumoto vs Silveira was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Matsumoto vs Silveira?

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