Pitbull vs Kawajiri

Who won Pitbull vs Kawajiri?

Patricky Pitbull beat Tatsuya Kawajiri by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 19, on Saturday 12th October 2019 at Edion Arena in Osaka.

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

Pitbull vs Kawajiri stats

Patricky Pitbull stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Tatsuya Kawajiri made his way to the cage with a record of 37 wins, 13 losses and 2 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

This was Patricky Pitbull's 4th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Patricky Pitbull's Rizin record stood at 3-1-0, while Tatsuya Kawajiri's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Pitbull had a large advantage in power over Kawajiri, boasting a 62% knock out percentage over Kawajiri's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kawajiri had a large advantage over Pitbull, boasting a 27% submission rate over Pitbull's 5%.

Patricky Pitbull was the younger man by 7 years, at 38 years old.

Pitbull had 2-inch reach advantage.

Pitbull was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 23 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2005, 5 years and 4 months later than Kawajiri, whose first professional fight was in 2000. He had fought 10 less professional rounds, 88 to Kawajiri's 98.

Pitbull vs Kawajiri form

Patricky Pitbull had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Peter Queally at Bellator MMA on 5th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had lost to Peter Queally at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, he had beaten Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had defeated Tatsuya Kawajiri at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Activity check

Pitbull's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Kawajiri's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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