Sugiyama vs Suzuki

Who won Sugiyama vs Suzuki?

YA-MAN beat Hiroaki Suzuki by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Super RIZIN 3, on Sunday 28th July 2024 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Sugiyama vs Suzuki stats

YA-MAN stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Hiroaki Suzuki made his way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was YA-MAN's 2nd fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Hiroaki Suzuki marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

YA-MAN's Rizin record stood at 1-1-0, while Hiroaki Suzuki's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Suzuki had a massive power advantage over YA-MAN, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over YA-MAN's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that YA-MAN and Suzuki would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

YA-MAN was the younger man by 12 years, at 28 years old.

YA-MAN had a height advantage of 2 inches over Suzuki.

YA-MAN was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 4 to Suzuki's 13.

Sugiyama vs Suzuki form

Hiroaki Suzuki had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Takahiro Ashida at RIZIN LANDMARK 8 in Saga on 24th February 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Saga Arena, Saga, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Taisei Nishitani at RIZIN 43 on 24th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Arena, Sapporo.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jin Aoi at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.4 on 6th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Before that, he had been beaten by Ren Hiramoto at RIZIN 36 on 2nd July 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Okinawa Arena, Okinawa.

He had defeated Shoji Maruyama at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.2 on 6th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Activity check

YA-MAN's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Suzuki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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