Saito vs Hiramoto

Who won Saito vs Hiramoto?

Yutaka Saito beat Ren Hiramoto by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI, on Saturday 29th April 2023 at Yoyogi National Stadium in Shibuya.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yutaka Saito.

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

Saito vs Hiramoto stats

Yutaka Saito stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Ren Hiramoto made his way to the cage with a record of 2 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws.

Yutaka Saito's Rizin record stood at 4-3-0, while Ren Hiramoto's came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Saito had a large advantage in power over Hiramoto, boasting a 25% knock out percentage over Hiramoto's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Saito had a slight advantage over Hiramoto, with a 10% submission rate over Hiramoto's 0%.

Yutaka Saito was the older man by 11 years, at 36 years old.

Saito was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 25 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 9 years and 1 month earlier than Hiramoto, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 63 more professional rounds, 77 to Hiramoto's 14.

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Hiramoto's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Saito vs Hiramoto?

Yutaka Saito was a 8/11 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Ren Hiramoto made his way into the ring at 1/1 (+100) with oddsmakers.