Motoya vs Ota

Who won Motoya vs Ota?

Yuki Motoya beat Shinobu Ota by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 37, on Sunday 31st July 2022 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yuki Motoya.

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

Motoya vs Ota stats

Yuki Motoya stepped into the octagon with a record of 30 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Shinobu Ota made his way to the cage with a record of 2 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

This was Yuki Motoya's 20th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015. Shinobu Ota marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Yuki Motoya's Rizin record stood at 12-7-0, while Shinobu Ota's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Ota had a large advantage in power over Motoya, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Motoya's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Motoya had a massive advantage over Ota, boasting a 40% submission rate over Ota's 0%.

Yuki Motoya was the older man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Motoya had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ota.

Motoya was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 37 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 10 years and 9 months earlier than Ota, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 85 more professional rounds, 105 to Ota's 20.

Motoya vs Ota form

Yuki Motoya had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ryo Okada at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Naoki Inoue at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Mamoru Uoi at RIZIN 23 on 10th August 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

Before that, he had been beaten by Patchy Mix at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had been defeated by Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Activity check

Motoya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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