Who won Kunimoto vs Abe?
Daichi Abe beat Kiichi Kunimoto by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 34, on Saturday 19th March 2022 at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka in Osaka.
The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Daichi Abe.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).
Kunimoto vs Abe stats
Kiichi Kunimoto stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 8 losses and 2 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.
Daichi Abe made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.
Kiichi Kunimoto's Rizin record stood at 3-2-0, while Daichi Abe's came in at 4-2-0.
The stats suggested Abe had a massive power advantage over Kunimoto, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Kunimoto's 10%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kunimoto had a massive advantage over Abe, boasting a 50% submission rate over Abe's 0%.
Kiichi Kunimoto was the older man by 11 years, at 43 years old.
Abe had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kunimoto. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.
Kunimoto was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 10 years and 1 month earlier than Abe, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 26 more professional rounds, 65 to Abe's 39.
Kunimoto vs Abe form
Kiichi Kunimoto had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Daichi Abe at RIZIN 34 on 20th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Previous to that, he had won against Takahiro Kawanaka at RIZIN Trigger 1st on 28th November 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Kobe World Memorial Hall, Kobe.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jason Jackson at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.
Before that, he had been defeated by Ed Ruth at Bellator 224 on 12th July 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.
He had beaten Ryuichiro Sumimura at RIZIN 12 on 12th August 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, Japan.
Activity check
Kunimoto's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
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