Souza vs Abe

Who won Souza vs Abe?

Daichi Abe beat Marcos Yoshio de Souza by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN 37, on Sunday 31st July 2022 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Souza vs Abe stats

Marcos Yoshio de Souza stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Daichi Abe made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Marcos Yoshio de Souza's Rizin record stood at 1-1-0, while Daichi Abe's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Souza had a large advantage in power over Abe, boasting a 22% knock out percentage over Abe's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Souza had a massive advantage over Abe, boasting a 67% submission rate over Abe's 0%.

Marcos Yoshio de Souza was the older man by 7 years, at 40 years old.

Abe had a height advantage of 1 inch over Souza.

Souza was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Abe, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 21 less professional rounds, 18 to Abe's 39.

Souza vs Abe form

Abe had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yukinari Tamura at RIZIN 39 on 23rd October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Marcos Yoshio de Souza at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Kiichi Kunimoto at RIZIN 34 on 20th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka.

Before that, he had lost to Akira Okada at RIZIN 31 on 24th October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Pia Arena MM (ぴあありーなMM), Yokohama.

He had been beaten by Ev Ting at ONE Championship – Masters of Destiny on 12th July 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Activity check

Souza's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Abe's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Souza vs Abe?

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