Kosaka vs Ueda

Who won Kosaka vs Ueda?

Tsuyoshi Kosaka beat Mikio Ueda by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 35, on Sunday 17th April 2022 at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Chofu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Kosaka vs Ueda stats

Tsuyoshi Kosaka stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 21 losses and 2 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Mikio Ueda made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 21 losses and 2 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Mikio Ueda marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Tsuyoshi Kosaka's Rizin record stood at 2-2-0, while Mikio Ueda's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested that Kosaka and Ueda have similar power, both with a 30% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Kosaka and Ueda would have been pretty equal, both with a 22% submission rate.

Tsuyoshi Kosaka was the older man by 25 years, at 55 years old.

Ueda had a height advantage of 3 inches over Kosaka.

Kosaka's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Ueda's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 1995, 30 years and 4 months later than Ueda, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 68 more professional rounds, 76 to Ueda's 8.

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