Kubota vs Lopez

Who won Kubota vs Lopez?

Claire Lopez beat Rena Kubota by submission in the 3rd round during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI, on Saturday 29th April 2023 at Yoyogi National Stadium in Shibuya.

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

Kubota vs Lopez stats

Rena Kubota stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Claire Lopez made her way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Rena Kubota's 17th fight in Rizin, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015.

Rena Kubota's Rizin record stood at 13-4-0, while Claire Lopez's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Kubota had a large advantage in power over Lopez, boasting a 54% knock out percentage over Lopez's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lopez had a massive advantage over Kubota, boasting a 57% submission rate over Kubota's 15%.

Rena Kubota was the younger woman by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Kubota had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lopez.

Kubota was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made her debut in 2015, 1 year and 10 months earlier than Lopez, whose first professional fight was in 2017. She had fought 22 more professional rounds, 41 to Lopez's 19.

Kubota vs Lopez form

Kubota had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Emi Tomimatsu at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, she had beaten Lindsey VanZandt at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Alexandra Alvare at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Before that, she was victorious against Samantha Jean Francois at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

She had lost to Kanna Asakura at RIZIN 11 on 29th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Kubota's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 8 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 15 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kubota vs Lopez?

Rena Kubota was a 4/9 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Claire Lopez made her way into the ring at 13/8 (+160) with oddsmakers.