Saito vs Kawabe

Who won Saito vs Kawabe?

Atsushi Saito beat Hiroya Kawabe by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN 26, on Thursday 31st December 2020 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 2 rounds in the Saito vs Kawabe division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Saito vs Kawabe stats

Atsushi Saito stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

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

Both men made their promotional debut for Rizin.

The stats suggested Saito had a massive power advantage over Kawabe, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Kawabe's 0%.

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

Atsushi Saito was the older man by 6 years, at 39 years old.

Saito had a height advantage of 5 inches over Kawabe.

Saito was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 16 years and 8 months later than Kawabe, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 17 to Kawabe's 0.

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