Maruyama vs Suzuki

Who won Maruyama vs Suzuki?

Hiroaki Suzuki beat Shoji Maruyama by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.2, on Sunday 6th March 2022 in the United States.

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

Maruyama vs Suzuki stats

Shoji Maruyama stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 15 losses and 1 draw, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Hiroaki Suzuki made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Shoji Maruyama's Rizin record stood at 1-4-0, while Hiroaki Suzuki's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Maruyama had a massive power advantage over Suzuki, boasting a 76% knock out percentage over Suzuki's 0%.

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

Shoji Maruyama was the older man by 2 years, at 41 years old.

Maruyama had a height advantage of 1 inch over Suzuki.

Maruyama was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 33 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 18 years and 5 months later than Suzuki, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 59 more professional rounds, 72 to Suzuki's 13.

Maruyama vs Suzuki form

Hiroaki Suzuki had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Taisei Nishitani at RIZIN 43 on 24th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Arena, Sapporo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jin Aoi at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.4 on 6th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Ren Hiramoto at RIZIN 36 on 2nd July 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Okinawa Arena, Okinawa.

Before that, he had beaten Shoji Maruyama at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.2 on 6th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

He had been defeated by Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama, Japan.

Activity check

Maruyama's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

Suzuki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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