Sabatello vs Ota

Who won Sabatello vs Ota?

Danny Sabatello beat Shinobu Ota by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of RIZIN Otokomatsuri, on Sunday 4th May 2025 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo.

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

Sabatello vs Ota stats

Danny Sabatello stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Shinobu Ota made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

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

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

The stats suggested Ota had a massive power advantage over Sabatello, boasting a 57% knock out percentage over Sabatello's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sabatello had a large advantage over Ota, boasting a 36% submission rate over Ota's 14%.

Danny Sabatello was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Sabatello had a height advantage of 5 inches over Ota.

Sabatello was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2018, 2 years and 5 months earlier than Ota, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 49 to Ota's 20.

Sabatello vs Ota form

Ota had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 48 on 29th September 2024 by submission in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Roger Blanque at Bellator Champions Series: Dublin on 22nd June 2024 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Juntaro Ushiku at RIZIN 46 on 6th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he had defeated Ryusei Ashizawa at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had been beaten by Shoko Sato at RIZIN LANDMARK 6 in NAGOYA on 1st October 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

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Ota's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 28 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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