Hiramoto vs Sugiyama

Who won Hiramoto vs Sugiyama?

Ren Hiramoto beat YA-MAN by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 45, on Sunday 31st December 2023 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ren Hiramoto.

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

Hiramoto vs Sugiyama stats

Ren Hiramoto stepped into the octagon with a record of 2 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws.

YA-MAN made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

YA-MAN will be making their debut in Rizin.

Ren Hiramoto's Rizin record stood at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested that Hiramoto and YA-MAN have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

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

Ren Hiramoto was the younger man by 2 years, at 25 years old.

Hiramoto was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2020, 3 years and 3 months later than YA-MAN, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 14 to YA-MAN's 0.

Hiramoto vs Sugiyama form

Ren Hiramoto had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Yutaka Saito at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Satoshi Yamasu at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.4 on 6th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Hiroaki Suzuki at RIZIN 36 on 2nd July 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Okinawa Arena, Okinawa.

Before that, he had been beaten by Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.2 on 6th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

He had been defeated by Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Activity check

Hiramoto's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Hiramoto vs Sugiyama?

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