Inoue vs Watanabe

Who won Inoue vs Watanabe?

Naoki Inoue beat Shooto Watanabe by submission in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 22, on Sunday 9th August 2020 at Pia Arena MM in Yokohama.

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

Inoue vs Watanabe stats

Naoki Inoue stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 6 by submission.

Shooto Watanabe made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 5 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Watanabe had a slight advantage in power over Inoue, with a 10% knock out percentage over Inoue's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Inoue and Watanabe would have been pretty equal, both with a 55% submission rate.

Naoki Inoue was the younger man by 9 years, at 27 years old.

Inoue was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 years and 10 months later than Watanabe, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 42 to Watanabe's 55.

Inoue vs Watanabe form

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

In his last fight before 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, 4 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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