Souza vs Case

Who won Souza vs Case?

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza beat Johnny Case by submission in the 1st round during the main event 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 Souza vs Case division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

This contest was for the Rizin Souza Vs Case championship.

Souza vs Case stats

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Johnny Case made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 19 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Johnny Case marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza's Rizin record stood at 9-3-0, while Johnny Case's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Case had a massive power advantage over Souza, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Souza's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Souza had a massive advantage over Case, boasting a 69% submission rate over Case's 15%.

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza was the same age as Johnny Case, at 35 years old.

Souza had a height advantage of 1 inch over Case.

Souza was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 21 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 16 years and 10 months earlier than Case, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 34 less professional rounds, 27 to Case's 61.

Souza vs Case form

Souza had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 48 on 29th September 2024 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Keita Nakamura at RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE on 23rd March 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Kobe World Hall, Kobe.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Patricky Pitbull at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had defeated Spike Carlyle at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

He had been beaten by AJ McKee Jr at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Johnny Case had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Going into that contest, he had won against Satoru Kitaoka at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Before that, he had beaten Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had drawn with Natan Schulte at PFL 2018 #9 on 13th October 2018 by majority draw in their 2 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza had been fighting more than Johnny Case.

Going to this contest, Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza had last fought 21 days ago, while Johnny Case's last outing had been 4 years, 9 months and 19 days ago.

Souza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Case's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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