Case vs Takeda

Who won Case vs Takeda?

Koji Takeda beat Johnny Case by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 37, on Sunday 31st July 2022 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Koji Takeda.

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

Case vs Takeda stats

Johnny Case stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Koji Takeda made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Johnny Case's 7th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Koji Takeda marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Johnny Case's Rizin record stood at 4-3-0, while Koji Takeda's came in at 6-6-0.

The stats suggested Case had a massive power advantage over Takeda, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Takeda's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Takeda had an advantage over Case, with a 31% submission rate over Case's 15%.

Johnny Case was the older man by 6 years, at 35 years old.

Case had a height advantage of 3 inches over Takeda.

Case was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 9 years and 8 months earlier than Takeda, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 61 to Takeda's 54.

Case vs Takeda form

Johnny Case had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 35 on 17th April 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had won against Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Before that, he had beaten Satoru Kitaoka at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

He had defeated Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Case's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

Takeda's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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