Archuleta vs Shaydullaev

Who won Archuleta vs Shaydullaev?

Razhabali Shaydullaev beat Juan Archuleta by submission in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 48, on Sunday 29th September 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).

Archuleta vs Shaydullaev stats

Juan Archuleta stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Razhabali Shaydullaev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 11 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Juan Archuleta's 4th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Razhabali Shaydullaev marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Juan Archuleta's Rizin record stood at 3-1-0, while Razhabali Shaydullaev's came in at 3-0-0.

The stats suggested Archuleta had a slight advantage in power over Shaydullaev, with a 38% knock out percentage over Shaydullaev's 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shaydullaev had a massive advantage over Archuleta, boasting a 64% submission rate over Archuleta's 3%.

Juan Archuleta was the older man by 13 years, at 37 years old.

Archuleta was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 24 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 11 years and 10 months later than Shaydullaev, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 82 more professional rounds, 101 to Shaydullaev's 19.

Archuleta vs Shaydullaev form

Juan Archuleta had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kleber Koike Erbst at RIZIN 47 on 9th June 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Kai Asakura at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had won against Hiromasa Ougikubo at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by unanimous decision in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had beaten Naoki Inoue at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

He had defeated Soo Chul Kim at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Archuleta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 2 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 Archuleta vs Shaydullaev?

Juan Archuleta was a 13/5 (+320) underdog going into the contest, while Razhabali Shaydullaev made his way into the ring at 2/7 (-430) with oddsmakers.