Shibisai vs Sekine

Who won Shibisai vs Sekine?

Hideki Sekine beat Shoma Shibisai by during the main card of RIZIN 33, on Thursday 30th December 2021 at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ) in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Hideki Sekine.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Shibisai vs Sekine stats

Shoma Shibisai stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Hideki Sekine made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 5 of those wins by knock out and 3 by submission.

The stats suggested Sekine had a slight advantage in power over Shibisai, with a 56% knock out percentage over Shibisai's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shibisai had an advantage over Sekine, with a 50% submission rate over Sekine's 33%.

Shoma Shibisai was the younger man by 17 years, at 32 years old.

Shibisai had a height advantage of 5 inches over Sekine.

Shibisai was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 year and 6 months later than Sekine, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 17 to Sekine's 24.

Shibisai vs Sekine 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 knockout in the 3rd round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo.

Going into that contest, he had beat Sergey Shemetov at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by knockout 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 knockout 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 4 years, 8 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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