Imanari vs Kasugai

Who won Imanari vs Kasugai?

Masakazu Imanari beat Takeshi Kasugai by submission in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.1, on Saturday 2nd October 2021.

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

Imanari vs Kasugai stats

Masakazu Imanari stepped into the octagon with a record of 38 wins, 19 losses and 2 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 27 by submission.

Takeshi Kasugai made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 15 by submission.

Masakazu Imanari's Rizin record stood at 2-2-0, while Takeshi Kasugai's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Kasugai had a slight advantage in power over Imanari, with a 8% knock out percentage over Imanari's 3%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Imanari had an advantage over Kasugai, with a 71% submission rate over Kasugai's 58%.

Masakazu Imanari was the older man by 12 years, at 48 years old.

Kasugai had a height advantage of 2 inches over Imanari.

Imanari was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 25 more fights, and made his debut in 2000, 8 years and 4 months earlier than Kasugai, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 50 more professional rounds, 130 to Kasugai's 80.

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Imanari's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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