Ushiku vs Hagiwara

Who won Ushiku vs Hagiwara?

Juntaro Ushiku beat Kyohei Hagiwara by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of RIZIN 44, on Sunday 24th September 2023 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Juntaro Ushiku.

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

Ushiku vs Hagiwara stats

Juntaro Ushiku stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Kyohei Hagiwara made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, with 5 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Hagiwara had a massive power advantage over Ushiku, boosting at 71% knock out percentage over Ushiku's 30%.

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

Juntaro Ushiku was the older man by 1 year, at 28 years old.

Hagiwara had a height advantage of 3 inches over Ushiku.

Ushiku was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 2 months earlier than Hagiwara, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 44 more professional rounds, 71 to Hagiwara's 27.

Ushiku vs Hagiwara form

Kyohei Hagiwara had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Kyle Aguon at RIZIN 41 on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Kleber Koike Erbst at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.3 on 5th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Undisclosed.

Before that, he had been beaten by Satoshi Yamasu at RIZIN 34 on 20th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

He had defeated Hiroaki Suzuki 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.

Activity check

Ushiku's last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Hagiwara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ushiku vs Hagiwara?

Juntaro Ushiku was a 8/13 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Kyohei Hagiwara made his way into the ring at 13/10 (+130) with oddsmakers.