Shimizu vs Watkins

Who won Shimizu vs Watkins?

Ai Shimizu beat Tabatha Ann Watkins by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 18, on Sunday 18th August 2019 at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ai Shimizu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Shimizu vs Watkins division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Shimizu vs Watkins stats

Ai Shimizu stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Tabatha Ann Watkins made her way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 2 by submission.

Ai Shimizu's Rizin record stood at 2-1-0, while Tabatha Ann Watkins' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Shimizu had a massive power advantage over Watkins, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Watkins' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Watkins had a large advantage over Shimizu, boasting a 67% submission rate over Shimizu's 40%.

Ai Shimizu was the older woman by 5 years, at 34 years old.

Watkins had a height advantage of 2 inches over Shimizu. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Shimizu was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made her debut in 2016, 3 months earlier than Watkins, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 3 more professional rounds, 17 to Watkins' 14.

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