Shibisai vs Csukas

Who won Shibisai vs Csukas?

Shoma Shibisai beat Janos Csukas by submission in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 44, on Sunday 24th September 2023 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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 Csukas stats

Shoma Shibisai stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Janos Csukas made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Shoma Shibisai's Rizin record stood at 5-2-0, while Janos Csukas' came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Csukas had a massive power advantage over Shibisai, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Shibisai's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shibisai had a massive advantage over Csukas, boasting a 56% submission rate over Csukas' 14%.

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

Shibisai was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 years and 10 months earlier than Csukas, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 19 to Csukas' 10.

Shibisai vs Csukas form

Shibisai had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Cally Gibrainn de Oliveira at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Rihards Bigis at RIZIN 35 on 17th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu.

Going into that 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.

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

He was victorious against Sergey Shemetov at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Shibisai's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Shibisai vs Csukas?

Shoma Shibisai was a 4/11 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Janos Csukas made his way into the ring at 21/10 (+210) with oddsmakers.