Saomoto vs Matsuba

Who won Saomoto vs Matsuba?

Tatsuki Saomoto beat Takashi Matsuba by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN Trigger 1st, on Sunday 28th November 2021 at Kobe World Memorial Hall in Kobe.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tatsuki Saomoto.

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

Saomoto vs Matsuba stats

Tatsuki Saomoto stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Takashi Matsuba made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Takashi Matsuba will be making their debut in Rizin.

Tatsuki Saomoto's Rizin record stood at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Saomoto had an advantage in power over Matsuba, with a 19% knock out percentage over Matsuba's 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Matsuba had an advantage over Saomoto, with a 33% submission rate over Saomoto's 13%.

Tatsuki Saomoto was the younger man by 5 years, at 28 years old.

Matsuba had a height advantage of 3 inches over Saomoto.

Saomoto was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 10 months later than Matsuba, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 44 to Matsuba's 36.

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Saomoto's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 3 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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