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 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yutaka Saito at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Masanori Kanehara at RIZIN 44 on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, his fight against Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN 43 on 24th June 2023 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had been beaten by Patricio Pitbull at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had beaten 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.

Activity check

Erbst's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 5 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Suzuki's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 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.