Torres vs Shinryu

Who won Torres vs Shinryu?

Jose Torres beat Makoto Takahashi by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN DECADE, on Tuesday 31st December 2024 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jose Torres.

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

Torres vs Shinryu stats

Jose Torres stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Makoto Takahashi made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw and 5 by submission.

This was Jose Torres' 1st fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Makoto Takahashi marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Jose Torres' Rizin record stood at 1-0-0, while Makoto Takahashi's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Torres had a massive power advantage over Takahashi, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Takahashi's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Takahashi had an advantage over Torres, with a 29% submission rate over Torres' 17%.

Jose Torres was the younger man by 24 years, at years old.

Torres was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 month earlier than Takahashi, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 48 to Takahashi's 60.

Torres vs Shinryu form

Makoto Takahashi had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Hiromasa Ougikubo at Super RIZIN 3 on 28th July 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Jung Hyun Lee at RIZIN 46 on 6th May 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by submission in the 2nd round in their Rizin Flyweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, his fight against Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 31st July 2023 ended in a no contest.

He had beaten Daichi Kitakata at RIZIN 41 on 1st April 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka.

Activity check

Takahashi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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