Nakahara vs Suzuki

Who won Nakahara vs Suzuki?

Chihiro Suzuki beat Yoshiki Nakahara by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 40, on Saturday 31st December 2022 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Nakahara vs Suzuki division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Nakahara vs Suzuki stats

Yoshiki Nakahara stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Chihiro Suzuki made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Yoshiki Nakahara's Rizin record stood at 3-1-0, while Chihiro Suzuki's came in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggested Nakahara had an advantage in power over Suzuki, with a 47% knock out percentage over Suzuki's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Suzuki had a slight advantage over Nakahara, with a 11% submission rate over Nakahara's 6%.

Yoshiki Nakahara was the older man by 7 years, at 31 years old.

Suzuki had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nakahara.

Nakahara was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 2 months earlier than Suzuki, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 50 to Suzuki's 31.

Nakahara vs Suzuki form

Chihiro Suzuki had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Masakazu Imanari at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.4 on 6th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ren Hiramoto at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.2 on 6th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Sora Yamamoto at RIZIN Trigger 1st on 28th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kobe World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan.

He had lost to Shoji Maruyama at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Activity check

Suzuki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nakahara vs Suzuki?

Yoshiki Nakahara was a 1/2 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Chihiro Suzuki made his way into the ring at 6/4 (+150) with oddsmakers.