Watanabe vs Sudo

Who won Watanabe vs Sudo?

Takuma Sudo beat Shooto Watanabe by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN Trigger 3rd, on Saturday 16th April 2022 at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Chofu.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Takuma Sudo.

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

Watanabe vs Sudo stats

Shooto Watanabe stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 6 loses and 5 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 14 by submission.

Takuma Sudo made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins and 0 draws.

The stats suggested Watanabe had a slight advantage in power over Sudo, with a 9% knock out percentage over Sudo's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Watanabe had a massive advantage over Sudo, boasting at 61% submission rate over Sudo's 0%.

Shooto Watanabe was the older man by 34 years, at 34 years old.

Watanabe was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 34 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 11 year and 7 months later than Sudo, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 45 more professional rounds, 55 to Sudo's 10.

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Watanabe's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Watanabe vs Sudo?

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