Kuramoto vs Ota

Who won Kuramoto vs Ota?

Shinobu Ota beat Kazuma Kuramoto by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI, on Saturday 29th April 2023 at Yoyogi National Stadium in Shibuya.

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

Kuramoto vs Ota stats

Kazuma Kuramoto stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Shinobu Ota made his way to the cage with a record of 2 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Kazuma Kuramoto's Rizin record stood at 3-3-0, while Shinobu Ota's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Kuramoto had an advantage in power over Ota, with a 67% knock out percentage over Ota's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Kuramoto and Ota would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Kazuma Kuramoto was the older man by 7 years, at 37 years old.

Ota had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kuramoto.

Kuramoto was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2018, 2 years and 10 months earlier than Ota, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 24 to Ota's 15.

Kuramoto vs Ota form

Kuramoto had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Yuki Motoya 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 won against Mamoru Uoi at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.3 on 5th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Undisclosed.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kenji Kato at RIZIN Trigger 2nd on 23rd February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Ecopa Arena, Shizuoka, Japan.

Before that, he had been beaten by Alan Yoshihiro Yamaniha at RIZIN 29 on 27th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka(丸善インテックアリーナ大阪), Osaka.

He had defeated Taiyo Nakahara at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Kuramoto's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Ota's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kuramoto vs Ota?

Kazuma Kuramoto was a 8/15 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Shinobu Ota made his way into the ring at 7/5 (+140) with oddsmakers.