Erbst vs Suzuki

Who won Erbst vs Suzuki?

The fight between Kleber Koike Erbst and Chihiro Suzuki finished in a no contest at RIZIN 43 on Friday 23rd June 2023.

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

Erbst vs Suzuki stats

Kleber Koike Erbst stepped into the octagon with a record of 31 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 27 by submission.

Chihiro Suzuki made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Kleber Koike Erbst's Rizin record stood at 6-2-0, while Chihiro Suzuki's came in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggested Suzuki had a massive power advantage over Erbst, boasting a 40% knock out percentage over Erbst's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Erbst had a massive advantage over Suzuki, boasting a 87% submission rate over Suzuki's 10%.

Kleber Koike Erbst was the older man by 10 years, at 34 years old.

Erbst had a height advantage of 2 inches over Suzuki.

Erbst was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 25 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 8 years and 4 months earlier than Suzuki, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 44 more professional rounds, 75 to Suzuki's 31.

Erbst vs Suzuki form

Kleber Koike Erbst had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Patricio Pitbull at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Juntaro Ushiku at RIZIN 39 on 23rd October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round in their championship fight at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.3 on 5th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Undisclosed.

Before that, he had defeated Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN Trigger 2nd on 23rd February 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Ecopa Arena, Shizuoka, Japan.

He was victorious against Mikuru Asakura at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo.

Suzuki had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1opponent and going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Yoshiki Nakahara at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Masakazu Imanari at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.4 on 6th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he was victorious against Ren Hiramoto at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.2 on 6th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

He had won 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.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Chihiro Suzuki had been fighting more than Kleber Koike Erbst.

Going to this contest, Kleber Koike Erbst had last fought 1 year, 3 months and 26 days ago, while Chihiro Suzuki's last outing had been 1 year, 3 months and 26 days ago.

Erbst's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Suzuki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 25 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 Erbst vs Suzuki?

Kleber Koike Erbst was a 2/7 (-340) favourite going into the contest, while Chihiro Suzuki made his way into the ring at 5/2 (+250) with oddsmakers.