Ota vs Ashizawa

Who won Ota vs Ashizawa?

Shinobu Ota beat Ryusei Ashizawa by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 45, on Sunday 31st December 2023 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Ota vs Ashizawa stats

Shinobu Ota stepped into the octagon with a record of 4 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Ryusei Ashizawa made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Shinobu Ota's 9th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Ryusei Ashizawa marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Shinobu Ota's Rizin record stood at 6-3-0, while Ryusei Ashizawa's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Ota had a massive power advantage over Ashizawa, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Ashizawa's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Ota and Ashizawa would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Shinobu Ota was the older man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Ashizawa had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ota.

Ota was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2020, 4 years and 2 months later than Ashizawa, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 20 to Ashizawa's 1.

Ota vs Ashizawa form

Shinobu Ota had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Shoko Sato at RIZIN LANDMARK 6 in NAGOYA on 1st October 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Kenta Takizawa at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kazuma Kuramoto at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya.

Before that, he had been beaten by Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had defeated Kazuma Sone at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by knockout at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Activity check

Ota's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ota vs Ashizawa?

Shinobu Ota was a 1/10 (-1000) favourite going into the contest, while Ryusei Ashizawa made his way into the ring at 11/2 (+550) with oddsmakers.