Who won Suzuki vs Nishitani?
Hiroaki Suzuki beat Taisei Nishitani by during the main card of RIZIN 43, on Friday 23rd June 2023 at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Arena in Sapporo.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Hiroaki Suzuki.
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 loses and 0 draws.
Taisei Nishitani made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws and 4 by submission.
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, boosting at 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 , 3 years and 6 months earlier than Nishitani, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 13 to Nishitani's 20.
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 lost to 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 beat Keisuke Okuda at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.1 on 2nd October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.
Activity check
Suzuki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 29 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.
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