Case vs Kitaoka

Who won Case vs Kitaoka?

Johnny Case beat Satoru Kitaoka by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 17, on Sunday 28th July 2019 at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Case vs Kitaoka division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Case vs Kitaoka stats

Johnny Case stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Satoru Kitaoka made his way to the cage with a record of 42 wins, 19 losses and 10 draws and 20 by submission.

This was Johnny Case's 9th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Johnny Case's Rizin record stood at 4-4-0, while Satoru Kitaoka's came in at 2-6-0.

The stats suggested Case had a massive power advantage over Kitaoka, boasting a 68% knock out percentage over Kitaoka's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kitaoka had a massive advantage over Case, boasting a 48% submission rate over Case's 16%.

Johnny Case was the younger man by 9 years, at 36 years old.

Case had a height advantage of 4 inches over Kitaoka.

Case was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 39 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 7 years and 4 months later than Kitaoka, whose first professional fight was in 2000. He had fought 98 less professional rounds, 65 to Kitaoka's 163.

Case vs Kitaoka form

Johnny Case had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Satoru Kitaoka at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Before that, he had defeated Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had drawn with Natan Schulte at PFL 2018 #9 on 13th October 2018 by majority draw in their 2 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California.

Activity check

Case's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Kitaoka's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 3 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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