Sasaki vs Horie

Who won Sasaki vs Horie?

Yoshinori Horie beat Ulka Sasaki by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest 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 scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yoshinori Horie.

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

Sasaki vs Horie stats

Ulka Sasaki stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 8 losses and 2 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Yoshinori Horie made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Ulka Sasaki's Rizin record stood at 3-4-0, while Yoshinori Horie's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Horie had a massive power advantage over Sasaki, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Sasaki's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sasaki had a massive advantage over Horie, boasting a 52% submission rate over Horie's 0%.

Ulka Sasaki was the older man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

Sasaki had a height advantage of 2 inches over Horie. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Sasaki was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 5 months earlier than Horie, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 72 to Horie's 43.

Sasaki vs Horie form

Ulka Sasaki had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kenta Takizawa at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kai Asakura at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Shintaro Ishiwatari at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Before that, he had beaten Manel Kape at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had been defeated by Jussier Formiga at UFC Fight Night 117 on 22nd September 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Sasaki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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