Souza vs Gustavo

Who won Souza vs Gustavo?

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza beat Luiz Gustavo by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of RIZIN 48, on Sunday 29th September 2024 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

This contest was for the Rizin Lightweight championship.

Souza vs Gustavo stats

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Luiz Gustavo made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza's 14th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza's Rizin record stood at 11-3-0, while Luiz Gustavo's came in at 6-2-0.

The stats suggested Gustavo had an advantage in power over Souza, with a 50% knock out percentage over Souza's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Souza had a large advantage over Gustavo, boasting a 63% submission rate over Gustavo's 36%.

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza was the older man by 7 years, at 35 years old.

Souza had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gustavo.

Souza was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in , 10 years and 8 months earlier than Gustavo, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 29 to Gustavo's 27.

Souza vs Gustavo form

Souza had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Keita Nakamura at RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE on 23rd March 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Kobe World Hall, Kobe, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Patricky Pitbull at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Spike Carlyle at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

Before that, he had been beaten by AJ McKee Jr at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had defeated Johnny Case at RIZIN 35 on 17th April 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu.

Gustavo had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Yoshinori Horie at RIZIN LANDMARK 8 in Saga on 24th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saga Arena, Saga, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Koji Takeda at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Juri Ohara at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had defeated Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN Trigger 3rd on 16th April 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu.

He had been defeated by Patricky Pitbull at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza had been fighting more than Luiz Gustavo.

Going to this contest, Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 16 days ago, while Luiz Gustavo's last outing had been 1 year, 2 months and 15 days ago.

Souza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Gustavo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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