Souza vs Hirota

Who won Souza vs Hirota?

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza beat Mizuto Hirota by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 17, on Sunday 28th July 2019 at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo.

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

Souza vs Hirota stats

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Mizuto Hirota made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 10 losses and 2 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out.

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza's Rizin record stood at 9-3-0, while Mizuto Hirota's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Hirota had a massive power advantage over Souza, boasting a 56% knock out percentage over Souza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Souza and Hirota would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza was the younger man by 8 years, at 34 years old.

Souza had a height advantage of 4 inches over Hirota.

Souza was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 30 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 19 years and 2 months earlier than Hirota, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 48 less professional rounds, 27 to Hirota's 75.

Souza vs Hirota form

Souza had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Keita Nakamura at RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE on 23rd March 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Kobe World Hall, Kobe, Japan.

Previous to that, 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.

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

Before that, 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.

He had defeated Johnny Case at RIZIN 35 on 17th April 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu.

Activity check

Souza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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