Owens vs Ninomiya

Who won Owens vs Ninomiya?

Enrique Owens beat Jota Ninomiya by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of LFA 163, on Friday 21st July 2023 at Bell County Expo Center in Belton.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Owens vs Ninomiya stats

Enrique Owens stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 2 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jota Ninomiya made his way to the cage with a record of 1 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Enrique Owens' LFA record stood at 2-0-0, while Jota Ninomiya's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Ninomiya had a massive power advantage over Owens, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Owens' 50%.

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

Enrique Owens was the same age as Jota Ninomiya, at years old.

Ninomiya had a height advantage of 1 inch over Owens.

Owens' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Ninomiya's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2021, 2 years and 5 months later than Ninomiya, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 10 to Ninomiya's 4.

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Ninomiya's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Owens vs Ninomiya?

Enrique Owens was a 8/11 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Jota Ninomiya made his way into the ring at 21/20 (+100) with oddsmakers.