Ji vs Takeda

Who won Ji vs Takeda?

Hyuk Min Ji beat Koji Takeda by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN in Korea, on Saturday 31st May 2025 at Paradise City in Seoul.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Ji vs Takeda stats

Hyuk Min Ji stepped into the octagon with a record of 4 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Koji Takeda made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Hyuk Min Ji's 1st fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2025. Koji Takeda marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Hyuk Min Ji's Rizin record stood at 1-0-0, while Koji Takeda's came in at 7-8-0.

The stats suggested Ji had a massive power advantage over Takeda, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Takeda's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Takeda had a massive advantage over Ji, boasting a 31% submission rate over Ji's 0%.

Hyuk Min Ji was the younger man by 29 years, at years old.

Ji had a height advantage of 2 inches over Takeda.

Ji was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2022, 4 years and 10 months later than Takeda, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 49 less professional rounds, 11 to Takeda's 60.

Ji vs Takeda form

Koji Takeda had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Razhabali Shaydullaev at RIZIN 47 on 9th June 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Kyohei Hagiwara 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 beaten by Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN LANDMARK 7 in Azerbaijan on 4th November 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Before that, he had been defeated by Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya, Japan.

He had lost to Gadzhi Rabadanov at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Takeda's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ji vs Takeda?

Hyuk Min Ji was a 19/10 (+190) underdog going into the contest, while Koji Takeda made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.