Maruyama vs Ashizawa

Who won Maruyama vs Ashizawa?

Ryusei Ashizawa beat Shoji Maruyama by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 10 in NAGOYA, on Sunday 17th November 2024 at Port Messe Nagoya in Nagoya.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Maruyama vs Ashizawa stats

Shoji Maruyama stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 17 losses and 1 draw, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Ryusei Ashizawa made his way to the cage with a record of 1 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Ryusei Ashizawa marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Shoji Maruyama's Rizin record stood at 1-4-0, while Ryusei Ashizawa's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Maruyama had a massive power advantage over Ashizawa, boasting a 76% knock out percentage over Ashizawa's 0%.

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

Shoji Maruyama was the older man by 12 years, at 41 years old.

Ashizawa had a height advantage of 2 inches over Maruyama.

Maruyama was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 33 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 19 years and 1 month later than Ashizawa, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 71 more professional rounds, 72 to Ashizawa's 1.

Maruyama vs Ashizawa form

Shoji Maruyama had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Ji Yong Yang at RIZIN 36 on 2nd July 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Hiroaki Suzuki at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.2 on 6th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN Trigger 1st on 28th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Kobe World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan.

Before that, he had won against Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

He had lost to Kai Asakura at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Maruyama's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

Ashizawa's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 3 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Maruyama vs Ashizawa?

Shoji Maruyama was a 10/11 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Ryusei Ashizawa made his way into the ring at 5/6 (-120) with oddsmakers.