Takizawa vs Ota

Who won Takizawa vs Ota?

Shinobu Ota beat Kenta Takizawa by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Super RIZIN 2, on Sunday 30th July 2023 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Takizawa vs Ota stats

Kenta Takizawa stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Shinobu Ota made his way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

Shinobu Ota marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Kenta Takizawa's Rizin record stood at 3-6-0, while Shinobu Ota's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Takizawa had a slight advantage in power over Ota, with a 69% knock out percentage over Ota's 67%.

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

Kenta Takizawa was the younger man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Takizawa had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ota.

Takizawa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 6 years and 7 months earlier than Ota, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 33 more professional rounds, 52 to Ota's 19.

Takizawa vs Ota form

Takizawa had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Naoki Inoue at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Kai Asakura 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.

Going into that contest, he had won against Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Before that, he had beaten Masakazu Imanari at RIZIN 29 on 27th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka(丸善インテックアリーナ大阪), Osaka.

He had been defeated by Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Ota had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Kazuma Kuramoto at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Kazuma Sone at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by knockout at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Before that, he had won against Yuta Kubo at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 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.

He had been beaten by Hideo Tokoro at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Shinobu Ota had been fighting more than Kenta Takizawa.

Going to this contest, Kenta Takizawa had last fought 1 year, 4 months and 6 days ago, while Shinobu Ota's last outing had been 1 year and 7 days ago.

Takizawa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Ota's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Takizawa vs Ota?

Kenta Takizawa was a 7/5 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Shinobu Ota made his way into the ring at 8/15 (-170) with oddsmakers.