Kubo vs Takahashi

Who won Kubo vs Takahashi?

Yuta Kubo beat Ryogo Takahashi by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE, on Saturday 23rd March 2024 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yuta Kubo.

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).

Kubo vs Takahashi stats

Yuta Kubo stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Ryogo Takahashi made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out.

Yuta Kubo's Rizin record stood at 4-1-0, while Ryogo Takahashi's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Takahashi had a massive power advantage over Kubo, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Kubo's 0%.

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

Yuta Kubo was the older man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Kubo had a height advantage of 2 inches over Takahashi.

Kubo was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 21 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 12 years and 9 months earlier than Takahashi, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 38 less professional rounds, 11 to Takahashi's 49.

Kubo vs Takahashi form

Ryogo Takahashi had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Ho Taek Oh at ONE on Prime Video 2 on 30th September 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Amir Khan at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Kai Tang at ONE Championship – Fists of Fury 2 on 5th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he had won against Chang Min Yoon at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix 4 on 20th November 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had lost to Thanh Le at ONE Championship – A New Tomorrow on 10th January 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

Activity check

Kubo's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Takahashi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kubo vs Takahashi?

Yuta Kubo was a 4/6 (-150) favourite going into the contest, while Ryogo Takahashi made his way into the ring at 11/10 (+110) with oddsmakers.