Ushiku vs Ota

Who won Ushiku vs Ota?

Shinobu Ota beat Juntaro Ushiku by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of RIZIN 46, on Monday 29th April 2024 at Tokyo Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Shinobu Ota.

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

Ushiku vs Ota stats

Juntaro Ushiku stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Shinobu Ota made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Juntaro Ushiku's 6th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Shinobu Ota marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

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

The stats suggested Ota had a massive power advantage over Ushiku, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Ushiku's 29%.

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

Juntaro Ushiku was the younger man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Ushiku had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ota.

Ushiku was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 7 years earlier than Ota, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 58 more professional rounds, 77 to Ota's 19.

Ushiku vs Ota form

Ushiku had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN 44 on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Mikuru Asakura at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kleber Koike Erbst at RIZIN 39 on 23rd October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round in their championship fight at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka.

Before that, he had beaten Yutaka Saito at RIZIN 35 on 17th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu.

He had defeated Yutaka Saito at RIZIN 31 on 24th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their championship fight at Pia Arena MM (ぴあありーなMM), Yokohama.

Shinobu Ota had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Ryusei Ashizawa at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Shoko Sato at RIZIN LANDMARK 6 in NAGOYA on 1st October 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Going into that contest, he had won against Kenta Takizawa at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had beaten Kazuma Kuramoto at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya.

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.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Juntaro Ushiku had last fought 7 months and 15 days ago, while Shinobu Ota's last outing had been 4 months and 7 days ago.

Ushiku's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Ota's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ushiku vs Ota?

Juntaro Ushiku was a 4/7 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Shinobu Ota made his way into the ring at 13/10 (+130) with oddsmakers.