Inoue vs Fukuda

When is Inoue vs Fukuda?

Naoki Inoue is set to square off against Ryuya Fukuda during the main card of Super RIZIN.4, on Sunday 27th July 2025 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight is scheduled for 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which means the weight limit will be 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest is for the Rizin Flyweight championship.

Inoue vs Fukuda stats

Naoki Inoue steps into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Ryuya Fukuda will make his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Ryuya Fukuda will mark his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Naoki Inoue's Rizin record currently stands at 7-2-0, while Ryuya Fukuda's comes in at 3-0-0.

The stats suggest Fukuda has a massive power advantage over Inoue, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Inoue's 6%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Inoue will have a massive advantage over Fukuda, boasting a 53% submission rate over Fukuda's 4%.

Naoki Inoue is the younger man by 5 years, at 27 years old.

Inoue has a height advantage of 3 inches over Fukuda.

Inoue is the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 10 years and 4 months later than Fukuda, whose first professional fight was in . He has fought 31 less professional rounds, 42 to Fukuda's 73.

Inoue vs Fukuda form

Inoue has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight, he won against Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 50 on 29th March 2025 by split decision in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Anabuki Arena Kagawa, Kagawa, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Soo Chul Kim at RIZIN 48 on 29th September 2024 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Shoko Sato at RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE on 23rd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kobe World Hall, Kobe.

Before that, he had lost to Juan Archuleta at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

He was victorious against Kenta Takizawa at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Inoue's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 8 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 5 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Fukuda's last 3 fights have come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 19 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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