Suzuki vs Yamamoto

Who won Suzuki vs Yamamoto?

Chihiro Suzuki beat Sora Yamamoto by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN Trigger 1st, on Sunday 28th November 2021 at Kobe World Memorial Hall in Kobe.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Chihiro Suzuki.

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

Suzuki vs Yamamoto stats

Chihiro Suzuki stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sora Yamamoto made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Suzuki had a massive power advantage over Yamamoto, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Yamamoto's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yamamoto had a massive advantage over Suzuki, boasting a 75% submission rate over Suzuki's 0%.

Chihiro Suzuki was the older man by 24 years, at 24 years old.

Suzuki had a height advantage of 3 inches over Yamamoto.

Suzuki was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 6 months later than Yamamoto, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 31 to Yamamoto's 37.

Suzuki vs Yamamoto 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.

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