Kubota vs Shim

Who won Kubota vs Shim?

Rena Kubota beat Yu Ri Shim by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE, on Saturday 23rd March 2024 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rena Kubota.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Atomweight division, which meant the weight limit was 105 pounds (7.5 stone or 47.6 KG).

Kubota vs Shim stats

Rena Kubota stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Yu Ri Shim made her way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Rena Kubota's 17th fight in Rizin, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015. Yu Ri Shim marked her 3rd fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Rena Kubota's Rizin record stood at 13-4-0, while Yu Ri Shim's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Kubota had a large advantage in power over Shim, boasting a 54% knock out percentage over Shim's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shim had a slight advantage over Kubota, with a 17% submission rate over Kubota's 15%.

Rena Kubota was the older woman by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Shim had a height advantage of 3 inches over Kubota.

Kubota was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made her debut in 2015, 9 years and 5 months later than Shim, whose first professional fight was in . She had fought 15 more professional rounds, 41 to Shim's 26.

Kubota vs Shim form

Kubota had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Claire Lopez at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya, Japan.

Previous to that, she had won against Anastasiya Svetkivska at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Si Woo Park 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.

Before that, she had beaten Miyuu Yamamoto at RIZIN 32 on 20th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Okinawa Arena (沖縄アリーナ), Okinawa.

She had defeated Emi Tomimatsu at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Kubota's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 21 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 10 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kubota vs Shim?

Rena Kubota was a 2/7 (-340) favourite going into the contest, while Yu Ri Shim made her way into the ring at 12/5 (+240) with oddsmakers.