Martinez vs Kuwabara

Who won Martinez vs Kuwabara?

Roque Martinez beat Kiyoshi Kuwabara by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 12, on Sunday 12th August 2018 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Martinez vs Kuwabara stats

Roque Martinez stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Kiyoshi Kuwabara made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

Roque Martinez's Rizin record stood at 3-3-0, while Kiyoshi Kuwabara's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Kuwabara had a massive power advantage over Martinez, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Martinez's 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Martinez had a large advantage over Kuwabara, boasting a 27% submission rate over Kuwabara's 0%.

Roque Martinez was the younger man by 4 years, at 39 years old.

Martinez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kuwabara.

Martinez was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 4 years and 1 month earlier than Kuwabara, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 60 to Kuwabara's 38.

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