Shibisai vs Bigis

Who won Shibisai vs Bigis?

Shoma Shibisai beat Rihards Bigis by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 35, on Sunday 17th April 2022 at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Chofu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Shibisai vs Bigis stats

Shoma Shibisai stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Rihards Bigis made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Rihards Bigis will be making their debut in Rizin.

Shoma Shibisai's Rizin record stood at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Shibisai had a massive power advantage over Bigis, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Bigis' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shibisai had a massive advantage over Bigis, boasting a 57% submission rate over Bigis' 0%.

Shoma Shibisai was the older man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Shibisai had a height advantage of 1 inch over Bigis.

Shibisai was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 12 years later than Bigis, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 19 to Bigis' 12.

Shibisai vs Bigis form

Shoma Shibisai had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Hideki Sekine at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Tsuyoshi Sudario at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Sergey Shemetov at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had defeated Chang Hee Kim at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

He had been beaten by Unurjargal Boldpurev at RIZIN 11 on 29th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Shibisai's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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