Abe vs Shirakawa

Who won Abe vs Shirakawa?

Daichi Abe beat Kota Shirakawa by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 8 in Saga, on Saturday 24th February 2024 at Saga Arena in Saga.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Abe vs Shirakawa stats

Daichi Abe stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Kota Shirakawa made his way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Daichi Abe's Rizin record stood at 4-2-0, while Kota Shirakawa's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Shirakawa had an advantage in power over Abe, with a 75% knock out percentage over Abe's 58%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shirakawa had a large advantage over Abe, boasting a 25% submission rate over Abe's 0%.

Daichi Abe was the older man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Abe was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 4 years and 7 months earlier than Shirakawa, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 39 to Shirakawa's 12.

Abe vs Shirakawa form

Abe had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Igor Tanabe at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Yukinari Tamura at RIZIN 39 on 23rd October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Marcos Yoshio de Souza at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had defeated Kiichi Kunimoto at RIZIN 34 on 20th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka.

He had been beaten by Akira Okada at RIZIN 31 on 24th October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Pia Arena MM (ぴあありーなMM), Yokohama.

Activity check

Abe's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Abe vs Shirakawa?

Daichi Abe was a 2/5 (-250) favourite going into the contest, while Kota Shirakawa made his way into the ring at 15/8 (+190) with oddsmakers.