Shibata vs Yamamoto

Who won Shibata vs Yamamoto?

Yuya Shibata beat Erson Yamamoto by submission in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE, on Saturday 23rd March 2024 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Shibata vs Yamamoto stats

Yuya Shibata stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Erson Yamamoto made his way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

Yuya Shibata's Rizin record stood at 1-0-0, while Erson Yamamoto's came in at 3-7-0.

The stats suggested Yamamoto had a massive power advantage over Shibata, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Shibata's 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shibata had a massive advantage over Yamamoto, boasting a 50% submission rate over Yamamoto's 0%.

Yuya Shibata was the older man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Yamamoto had a height advantage of 2 inches over Shibata.

Shibata was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years and 8 months earlier than Yamamoto, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 51 to Yamamoto's 17.

Shibata vs Yamamoto form

Yamamoto had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Ryuya Fukuda at RIZIN 44 on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Yuki Ito at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kenji Kato at RIZIN 22 on 9th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

Before that, he had beaten Tim Eschtruth at RIZIN 16 on 2nd June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at World Memorial Hall, Kobe.

He had been defeated by Kazuyuki Miyata at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Yamamoto's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Shibata vs Yamamoto?

Yuya Shibata was a 13/10 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Erson Yamamoto made his way into the ring at 4/7 (-180) with oddsmakers.