Tanabe vs Shikuwa

Who won Tanabe vs Shikuwa?

Igor Tanabe beat Koji Shikuwa by submission in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 6 in NAGOYA, on Sunday 1st October 2023 at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Tanabe vs Shikuwa stats

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

Koji Shikuwa made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out.

Both men made their promotional debut for Rizin.

The stats suggested Shikuwa had a massive power advantage over Tanabe, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Tanabe's 0%.

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

Igor Tanabe was the younger man by 8 years, at 24 years old.

Tanabe had a height advantage of 2 inches over Shikuwa.

Tanabe was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 15 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 9 years and 2 months earlier than Shikuwa, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 36 less professional rounds, 0 to Shikuwa's 36.

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Shikuwa's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Tanabe vs Shikuwa?

Igor Tanabe was a 1/20 (-2000) favourite going into the contest, while Koji Shikuwa made his way into the ring at 7/1 (+700) with oddsmakers.