Ougikubo vs Takizawa

Who won Ougikubo vs Takizawa?

Hiromasa Ougikubo beat Kenta Takizawa by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 25, on Saturday 21st November 2020 at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka.

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 Takizawa division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Ougikubo vs Takizawa stats

Hiromasa Ougikubo stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Kenta Takizawa made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

Hiromasa Ougikubo's Rizin record stood at 7-5-0, while Kenta Takizawa's came in at 3-6-0.

The stats suggested Takizawa had a massive power advantage over Ougikubo, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Ougikubo's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ougikubo had a large advantage over Takizawa, boasting a 30% submission rate over Takizawa's 0%.

Hiromasa Ougikubo was the older man by 8 years, at 37 years old.

Takizawa had a height advantage of 6 inches over Ougikubo.

Ougikubo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 7 years and 7 months earlier than Takizawa, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 41 more professional rounds, 93 to Takizawa's 52.

Ougikubo vs Takizawa form

Hiromasa Ougikubo had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against 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, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Kenta Takizawa at RIZIN 25 on 21st November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka.

Before that, 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.

He was victorious against Shintaro Ishiwatari at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Ougikubo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 11 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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