Shirakawa vs Yamamoto

Who won Shirakawa vs Yamamoto?

Rikuto Shirakawa beat Takuya Yamamoto by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 31, on Sunday 24th October 2021 at Pia Arena MM (ぴあありーなMM) in Yokohama.

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

Shirakawa vs Yamamoto stats

Rikuto Shirakawa stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Takuya Yamamoto made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Rikuto Shirakawa's Rizin record stood at 3-3-0, while Takuya Yamamoto's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Yamamoto had an advantage in power over Shirakawa, with a 50% knock out percentage over Shirakawa's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yamamoto had an advantage over Shirakawa, with a 13% submission rate over Shirakawa's 0%.

Rikuto Shirakawa was the older man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Shirakawa had a height advantage of 1 inch over Yamamoto.

Shirakawa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 10 months later than Yamamoto, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 43 to Yamamoto's 20.

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Shirakawa's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Shirakawa vs Yamamoto?

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