Izawa vs Yamamoto

Who won Izawa vs Yamamoto?

Seika Izawa beat Miyuu Yamamoto by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN 45, on Sunday 31st December 2023 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Izawa vs Yamamoto stats

Seika Izawa stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 11 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Miyuu Yamamoto made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws.

This was Seika Izawa's 9th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Seika Izawa's Rizin record stood at 9-0-0, while Miyuu Yamamoto's came in at 6-7-0.

The stats suggested Izawa had a slight advantage in power over Yamamoto, with a 9% knock out percentage over Yamamoto's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Izawa had a massive advantage over Yamamoto, boasting a 45% submission rate over Yamamoto's 0%.

Seika Izawa was the younger man by 23 years, at 27 years old.

Izawa had a height advantage of 1 inch over Yamamoto.

Izawa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2020, 4 years and 1 month later than Yamamoto, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 30 to Yamamoto's 30.

Izawa vs Yamamoto form

Izawa remained undefeated as a professional.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Miyuu Yamamoto at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Claire Lopez at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Si Woo Park at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he was victorious against Anastasiya Svetkivska at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had won against Laura Fontoura at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Izawa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Izawa vs Yamamoto?

Seika Izawa was a 1/10 (-1000) favourite going into the contest, while Miyuu Yamamoto made his way into the ring at 11/2 (+550) with oddsmakers.