Key takeaways
Avazbek Kholmirzaev beat Yuya Wakamatsu by knockout at 4:54 of round two in the main event of ONE Samurai 1 at the Tokyo Ariake Arena in Tokyo. In the co-main event, Chihiro Sawada beat Ayaka Miura by submission at 4:34 of round one at atom.
Across the seven bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, three by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in seven fights. One of the two decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Marat Grigorian, who stopped Kaito Oda at 1:53 of round one, and two of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Itsuki Hirata's submission of Ritu Phogat, 12 minutes and 47 seconds in. End to end, the seven fights filled one hour and 6 minutes of cage time.
Five weight classes were used, flyweight most often with two bouts.