Musayev vs Osawa

Who won Musayev vs Osawa?

Tofiq Musayev beat Nobumitsu Osawa by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN 14, on Monday 31st December 2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Musayev vs Osawa stats

Tofiq Musayev stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Nobumitsu Osawa made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Tofiq Musayev's Rizin record stood at 7-1-0, while Nobumitsu Osawa's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Musayev had a massive power advantage over Osawa, boasting a 85% knock out percentage over Osawa's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Musayev had a slight advantage over Osawa, with a 15% submission rate over Osawa's 8%.

Tofiq Musayev was the younger man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Musayev had a height advantage of 3 inches over Osawa.

Musayev's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Osawa's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2013, 2 years and 3 months later than Osawa, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 42 to Osawa's 37.

Musayev vs Osawa form

Musayev had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Akira Okada at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alexander Shabliy at Bellator 292 on 10th March 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Sidney Outlaw at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma.

Before that, he had been beaten by Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo, Japan.

He had defeated Patricky Pitbull at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Musayev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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