Sasaki vs Takizawa

Who won Sasaki vs Takizawa?

Ulka Sasaki beat Kenta Takizawa by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 26, on Thursday 31st December 2020 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Ulka Sasaki.

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

Sasaki vs Takizawa stats

Ulka Sasaki stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 8 loses and 2 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Kenta Takizawa made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, with 8 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Takizawa had a massive power advantage over Sasaki, boosting at 73% knock out percentage over Sasaki's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sasaki had a massive advantage over Takizawa, boasting at 55% submission rate over Takizawa's 0%.

Ulka Sasaki was the older man by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Sasaki had a height advantage of 1 inch over Takizawa.

Sasaki was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 1 month earlier than Takizawa, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 72 to Takizawa's 49.

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Takizawa's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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