Hagiwara vs Takagi

Who won Hagiwara vs Takagi?

Ryo Takagi beat Kyohei Hagiwara by submission in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 48, on Sunday 29th September 2024 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Hagiwara vs Takagi stats

Kyohei Hagiwara stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Ryo Takagi made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Ryo Takagi marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Kyohei Hagiwara's Rizin record stood at 6-7-0, while Ryo Takagi's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Takagi had an advantage in power over Hagiwara, with a 86% knock out percentage over Hagiwara's 71%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Hagiwara and Takagi would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Kyohei Hagiwara was the older man by 3 years, at 28 years old.

Hagiwara was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 4 years and 5 months earlier than Takagi, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 33 to Takagi's 14.

Hagiwara vs Takagi form

Kyohei Hagiwara had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Koji Takeda at RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE on 23rd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kobe World Hall, Kobe, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Juntaro Ushiku at RIZIN 44 on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had won against Kyle Aguon at RIZIN 41 on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka.

Before that, he had been defeated by Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had lost to Kleber Koike Erbst at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.3 on 5th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Undisclosed.

Activity check

Hagiwara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Takagi's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Hagiwara vs Takagi?

Kyohei Hagiwara was a 20/21 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Ryo Takagi made his way into the ring at 4/5 (-130) with oddsmakers.