Kubota vs VanZandt

Who won Kubota vs VanZandt?

Rena Kubota beat Lindsey VanZandt by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of RIZIN 20, on Tuesday 31st December 2019 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Kubota vs VanZandt stats

Rena Kubota stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Lindsey VanZandt made her way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Rena Kubota's 17th fight in Rizin, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015.

Rena Kubota's Rizin record stood at 13-4-0, while Lindsey VanZandt's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested VanZandt had an advantage in power over Kubota, with a 71% knock out percentage over Kubota's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kubota had a slight advantage over VanZandt, with a 22% submission rate over VanZandt's 14%.

Rena Kubota was the older woman by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Kubota had a height advantage of 1 inch over VanZandt. Despite this, VanZandt had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Kubota was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made her debut in 2015, 1 year and 6 months earlier than VanZandt, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 16 more professional rounds, 41 to VanZandt's 25.

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Kubota's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 5 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 18 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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