Inoue vs Girdham

Who won Inoue vs Girdham?

Naoki Inoue beat Trent Girdham by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 21, on Saturday 22nd February 2020 at Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamatsu.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Naoki Inoue.

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

Inoue vs Girdham stats

Naoki Inoue stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 6 by submission.

Trent Girdham made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Naoki Inoue's Rizin record stood at 7-2-0, while Trent Girdham's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Girdham had a massive power advantage over Inoue, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Inoue's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Inoue had an advantage over Girdham, with a 60% submission rate over Girdham's 42%.

Naoki Inoue was the same age as Trent Girdham, at 27 years old.

Inoue was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 1 month earlier than Girdham, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 42 to Girdham's 39.

Inoue vs Girdham form

Inoue had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kenta Takizawa at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Yuto Hokamura at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Before that, he had defeated Shintaro Ishiwatari at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo.

He was victorious against Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Inoue's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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