Hagiwara vs Nishitani

Who won Hagiwara vs Nishitani?

Kyohei Hagiwara beat Taisei Nishitani by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN Otokomatsuri, on Sunday 4th May 2025 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo.

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

Hagiwara vs Nishitani stats

Kyohei Hagiwara stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Taisei Nishitani made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws and 4 by submission.

Taisei Nishitani marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Kyohei Hagiwara's Rizin record stood at 6-7-0, while Taisei Nishitani's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Hagiwara had a massive power advantage over Nishitani, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Nishitani's 0%.

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

Kyohei Hagiwara was the older man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Hagiwara had a height advantage of 3 inches over Nishitani.

Hagiwara was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Nishitani, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 33 to Nishitani's 21.

Hagiwara vs Nishitani form

Kyohei Hagiwara had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Ryo Takagi at RIZIN 48 on 29th September 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Koji Takeda at RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE on 23rd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kobe World Hall, Kobe.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Juntaro Ushiku at RIZIN 44 on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had won against Kyle Aguon at RIZIN 41 on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka.

He had lost to Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

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Hagiwara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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