Sunabe vs Nakatsuka

Who won Sunabe vs Nakatsuka?

Nobuyoshi Nakatsuka beat Mitsuhisa Sunabe by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 36, on Saturday 2nd July 2022 at Okinawa Arena in Okinawa.

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

Sunabe vs Nakatsuka stats

Mitsuhisa Sunabe stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 10 losses and 4 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Nobuyoshi Nakatsuka made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Mitsuhisa Sunabe's Rizin record stood at 0-3-0, while Nobuyoshi Nakatsuka's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Sunabe had a slight advantage in power over Nakatsuka, with a 31% knock out percentage over Nakatsuka's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nakatsuka had a massive advantage over Sunabe, boasting a 71% submission rate over Sunabe's 21%.

Mitsuhisa Sunabe was the older man by 44 years, at 44 years old.

Sunabe was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 32 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 22 years and 10 months later than Nakatsuka, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 83 more professional rounds, 103 to Nakatsuka's 20.

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Sunabe's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 9 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Sunabe vs Nakatsuka?

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