Yamasaki vs Nakagawa

Who won Yamasaki vs Nakagawa?

Kaito Yamasaki drew with Yuta Nakagawa by split decision in their 10 round contest on Sunday, February 15th, 2026, at Sumiyoshi SportsCenter, Osaka.

The scorecards were announced as 97-93, 96-94, 95-95, meaning it was a split decision.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Ryosuke Nishida's and Bryan Mercado Vazquez's clash for the IBF World Junior Featherweight championship.

Yamasaki vs Nakagawa stats

Kaito Yamasaki stepped into the ring with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws.

Yuta Nakagawa made his way to the ring with a record of 32 wins, 11 losses and 3 draws.

Kaito Yamasaki was the younger man by 8 years, at 29 years old.

Nakagawa had a height advantage of 2 inches over Yamasaki.

Both Kaito Yamasaki and Yuta Nakagawa fought out of an orthodox stance.

Yamasaki was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 34 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 12 years and 5 months later than Nakagawa, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 211 fewer professional rounds, totaling 71 compared to Nakagawa's 282.

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What time did Yamasaki vs Nakagawa start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at Sumiyoshi SportsCenter, Osaka, Japan, which was 5:00 AM EST or 2:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Yamasaki vs Nakagawa?

Kaito Yamasaki was a 1/5 (-500) favorite going into the contest, while Yuta Nakagawa made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.