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 in favor of the 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 losses 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 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

Ulka Sasaki's Rizin record stood at 3-4-0, while Kenta Takizawa's came in at 3-6-0.

The stats suggested Takizawa had a massive power advantage over Sasaki, boasting a 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 a 55% submission rate over Takizawa's 0%.

Ulka Sasaki was the older man by 5 years, at 34 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 20 more professional rounds, 72 to Takizawa's 52.

Sasaki vs Takizawa form

Takizawa had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Masakazu Imanari at RIZIN 29 on 27th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka(丸善インテックアリーナ大阪), Osaka.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had been beaten by Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 25 on 21st November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka.

He had defeated Yuto Hokamura at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

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

Takizawa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 16 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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