Suzuki vs Nishitani

Who won Suzuki vs Nishitani?

Hiroaki Suzuki beat Taisei Nishitani by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 43, on Friday 23rd June 2023 at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Arena in Sapporo.

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

Suzuki vs Nishitani stats

Hiroaki Suzuki stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Taisei Nishitani made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws and 4 by submission.

This was Hiroaki Suzuki's 7th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Taisei Nishitani marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Hiroaki Suzuki's Rizin record stood at 4-3-0, while Taisei Nishitani's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested that Suzuki and Nishitani have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nishitani had a massive advantage over Suzuki, boasting a 67% submission rate over Suzuki's 0%.

Hiroaki Suzuki was the older man by 12 years, at 39 years old.

Nishitani had a height advantage of 1 inch over Suzuki.

Suzuki was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 4 years and 1 month earlier than Nishitani, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 13 to Nishitani's 21.

Suzuki vs Nishitani form

Hiroaki Suzuki had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jin Aoi at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.4 on 6th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Ren Hiramoto at RIZIN 36 on 2nd July 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Okinawa Arena, Okinawa.

Going into that contest, he had won against Shoji Maruyama at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.2 on 6th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama, Japan.

He had beaten Keisuke Okuda at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.1 on 2nd October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

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Suzuki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Suzuki vs Nishitani?

Hiroaki Suzuki was a 8/11 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Taisei Nishitani made his way into the ring at 1/1 (+100) with oddsmakers.