Ougikubo vs Ishiwatari

Who won Ougikubo vs Ishiwatari?

Hiromasa Ougikubo beat Shintaro Ishiwatari by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 20, on Tuesday 31st December 2019 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Hiromasa Ougikubo.

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

Ougikubo vs Ishiwatari stats

Hiromasa Ougikubo stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Shintaro Ishiwatari made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 7 losses and 4 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Hiromasa Ougikubo's 13th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Hiromasa Ougikubo's Rizin record stood at 8-5-0, while Shintaro Ishiwatari's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Ishiwatari had a large advantage in power over Ougikubo, boasting a 35% knock out percentage over Ougikubo's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ougikubo had a large advantage over Ishiwatari, boasting a 32% submission rate over Ishiwatari's 8%.

Hiromasa Ougikubo was the younger man by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Ishiwatari had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ougikubo.

Ougikubo's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Ishiwatari's, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2006, 6 months later than Ishiwatari, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 96 to Ishiwatari's 87.

Ougikubo vs Ishiwatari form

Hiromasa Ougikubo had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against John Dodson at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Juan Archuleta at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by unanimous decision in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had been defeated by Soo Chul Kim at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had beaten Naoki Inoue 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.

Activity check

Ougikubo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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