Takizawa vs Nose

Who won Takizawa vs Nose?

Shohei Nose beat Kenta Takizawa by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 8 in Saga, on Saturday 24th February 2024 at Saga Arena in Saga.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Takizawa vs Nose stats

Kenta Takizawa stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Shohei Nose made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Kenta Takizawa's Rizin record stood at 3-6-0, while Shohei Nose's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Takizawa had a massive power advantage over Nose, boasting a 69% knock out percentage over Nose's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nose had a massive advantage over Takizawa, boasting a 73% submission rate over Takizawa's 0%.

Kenta Takizawa was the older man by 3 years, at 30 years old.

Takizawa had a height advantage of 3 inches over Nose.

Takizawa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 years and 1 month earlier than Nose, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 52 to Nose's 28.

Takizawa vs Nose form

Takizawa had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Shinobu Ota at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Naoki Inoue at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Kai Asakura at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Before that, he had won against Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

He had beaten Masakazu Imanari at RIZIN 29 on 27th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka(丸善インテックアリーナ大阪), Osaka.

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Takizawa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Takizawa vs Nose?

Kenta Takizawa was a 6/5 (+120) underdog going into the contest, while Shohei Nose made his way into the ring at 4/6 (-150) with oddsmakers.