Suzuki vs Yamamoto

Who won Suzuki vs Yamamoto?

Chihiro Suzuki beat Sora Yamamoto by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN Trigger 1st, on Sunday 28th November 2021 at Kobe World Memorial Hall in Kobe.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Chihiro Suzuki.

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

Suzuki vs Yamamoto stats

Chihiro Suzuki stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sora Yamamoto made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Chihiro Suzuki's 10th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Sora Yamamoto marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Chihiro Suzuki's Rizin record stood at 8-1-0, while Sora Yamamoto's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Suzuki had a massive power advantage over Yamamoto, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Yamamoto's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yamamoto had a massive advantage over Suzuki, boasting a 75% submission rate over Suzuki's 0%.

Chihiro Suzuki was the older man by 25 years, at 25 years old.

Suzuki had a height advantage of 3 inches over Yamamoto.

Suzuki was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 6 months later than Yamamoto, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 32 to Yamamoto's 39.

Suzuki vs Yamamoto form

Suzuki had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yoshiki Nakahara at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Masakazu Imanari at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.4 on 6th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he was victorious against Ren Hiramoto at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.2 on 6th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

He had won against Sora Yamamoto at RIZIN Trigger 1st on 28th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kobe World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan.

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Suzuki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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