Ougikubo vs Ishiwatari

Who won Ougikubo vs Ishiwatari?

Hiromasa Ougikubo beat Shintaro Ishiwatari by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 20, on Tuesday 31st December 2019 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Hiromasa Ougikubo.

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

Ougikubo vs Ishiwatari stats

Hiromasa Ougikubo stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Shintaro Ishiwatari made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 7 losses and 4 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Hiromasa Ougikubo's Rizin record stood at 7-5-0, while Shintaro Ishiwatari's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Ishiwatari had a large advantage in power over Ougikubo, boasting a 35% knock out percentage over Ougikubo's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ougikubo had a large advantage over Ishiwatari, boasting a 32% submission rate over Ishiwatari's 8%.

Hiromasa Ougikubo was the younger man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Ishiwatari had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ougikubo.

Ougikubo's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Ishiwatari's, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2006, 6 months later than Ishiwatari, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 93 to Ishiwatari's 87.

Ougikubo vs Ishiwatari form

Hiromasa Ougikubo had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kai Asakura at RIZIN 33 on 30th 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 beaten Takafumi Otsuka at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Takeshi Kasugai at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo.

Before that, he was victorious against Kenta Takizawa at RIZIN 25 on 21st November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka.

He had lost to Kai Asakura at RIZIN 23 on 10th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

Activity check

Ougikubo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 15 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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