Kielholtz vs Watanabe

Who won Kielholtz vs Watanabe?

Kana Watanabe beat Denise Kielholtz by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of Bellator 281, on Friday 13th May 2022 at SSE Arena in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Kielholtz vs Watanabe stats

Denise Kielholtz stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Kana Watanabe made her way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Denise Kielholtz's Bellator record stood at 8-4-0, while Kana Watanabe's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Kielholtz had a slight advantage in power over Watanabe, with a 33% knock out percentage over Watanabe's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kielholtz had an advantage over Watanabe, with a 50% submission rate over Watanabe's 30%.

Denise Kielholtz was the same age as Kana Watanabe, at 35 years old.

Watanabe had a height advantage of 3 inches over Kielholtz. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Kielholtz was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2015, 2 years and 1 month earlier than Watanabe, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 6 less professional rounds, 29 to Watanabe's 35.

Kielholtz vs Watanabe form

Watanabe had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Liz Carmouche at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, she had won against Alejandra Lara at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Ilara Joanne at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, she had defeated Justyna Haba at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

She was victorious against Shizuka Sugiyama at RIZIN Heisei’s Last Yarennoka! on 30th December 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Activity check

Kielholtz's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 20 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 7 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Watanabe's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 23 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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