Motoya vs Takizawa

Who won Motoya vs Takizawa?

Kenta Takizawa beat Yuki Motoya by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 30, on Sunday 19th September 2021 at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ) in Saitama.

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

Motoya vs Takizawa stats

Yuki Motoya stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Kenta Takizawa made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

Yuki Motoya's Rizin record stood at 10-6-0, while Kenta Takizawa's came in at 3-6-0.

The stats suggested Takizawa had a massive power advantage over Motoya, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Motoya's 24%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Motoya had a massive advantage over Takizawa, boasting a 44% submission rate over Takizawa's 0%.

Yuki Motoya was the older man by 5 years, at 34 years old.

Takizawa had a height advantage of 2 inches over Motoya.

Motoya was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 2 months earlier than Takizawa, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 42 more professional rounds, 94 to Takizawa's 52.

Motoya vs Takizawa form

Yuki Motoya had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Ryo Okada at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Naoki Inoue at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Mamoru Uoi at RIZIN 23 on 10th August 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

Before that, he had been beaten by Patchy Mix at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had been defeated by Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Takizawa had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kai Asakura 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.

Previous to that, he had defeated Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Masakazu Imanari at RIZIN 29 on 27th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka(丸善インテックアリーナ大阪), Osaka.

Before that, he had been beaten by Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had been defeated by Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 25 on 21st November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Kenta Takizawa had been fighting more than Yuki Motoya.

Going to this contest, Yuki Motoya had last fought 3 years, 1 month and 11 days ago, while Kenta Takizawa's last outing had been 2 years, 6 months and 23 days ago.

Motoya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Takizawa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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