Cruickshank vs Matsumoto

Who won Cruickshank vs Matsumoto?

Daron Cruickshank beat Koshi Matsumoto by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 10, on Sunday 6th May 2018 at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka.

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

Cruickshank vs Matsumoto stats

Daron Cruickshank stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Koshi Matsumoto made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Daron Cruickshank's Rizin record stood at 5-4-0, while Koshi Matsumoto's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Cruickshank had a massive power advantage over Matsumoto, boasting a 58% knock out percentage over Matsumoto's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Matsumoto had a massive advantage over Cruickshank, boasting a 42% submission rate over Cruickshank's 11%.

Daron Cruickshank was the younger man by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Cruickshank had a height advantage of 1 inch over Matsumoto.

Cruickshank was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 8 months later than Matsumoto, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 71 to Matsumoto's 71.

Cruickshank vs Matsumoto form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 16 on 2nd June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Damien Brown at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had won against Diego Brand o at RIZIN 13 on 30th September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had beaten Tom Santos at RIZIN 11 on 29th July 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had defeated Koshi Matsumoto at RIZIN 10 on 6th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka.

Activity check

Cruickshank's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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