Karamov vs Kimura

When is Karamov vs Kimura?

Vugar Kyaramov will take on Shuya Kimura during the main card of RIZIN Landmark 11 in Sapporo, on Saturday 14th June 2025 at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo.

The fight will be contested over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which means the weight limit will be 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Karamov vs Kimura stats

Vugar Kyaramov steps into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Shuya Kimura will make his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 5 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This will be Vugar Kyaramov's 9th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Shuya Kimura will mark his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2025.

Vugar Kyaramov's Rizin record currently stands at 6-3-0, while Shuya Kimura's comes in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggest Kimura has a massive power advantage over Kyaramov, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Kyaramov's 35%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Kyaramov will have a massive advantage over Kimura, boasting a 45% submission rate over Kimura's 0%.

Vugar Kyaramov is the older man by 33 years, at 33 years old.

Kyaramov has a height advantage of 3 inches over Kimura.

Kyaramov is the more experienced professional fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 11 years and 8 months earlier than Kimura, whose first professional fight was in 2023. He has fought 37 more professional rounds, 42 to Kimura's 5.

Karamov vs Kimura form

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

In his last fight, he lost to Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN DECADE on 31st December 2024 by submission in the 1st round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Kazumasa Majima at RIZIN LANDMARK 10 in NAGOYA on 17th November 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Port Messe Nagoya, Nagoya.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN LANDMARK 7 in Azerbaijan on 4th November 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their championship fight at National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Before that, he had beaten Mikuru Asakura at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

He had defeated Yoshinori Horie at RIZIN 41 on 1st April 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka.

Activity check

Kyaramov's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 3 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

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