Souza vs Hirota

Who won Souza vs Hirota?

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza beat Mizuto Hirota by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 17, on Sunday 28th July 2019 at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo.

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

Souza vs Hirota stats

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Mizuto Hirota made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 10 losses and 2 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out.

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 Mizuto Hirota's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Hirota had a massive power advantage over Souza, boasting a 56% knock out percentage over Souza's 0%.

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

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza was the younger man by 8 years, at 35 years old.

Souza had a height advantage of 4 inches over Hirota.

Souza was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 30 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 20 years and 1 month earlier than Hirota, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 46 less professional rounds, 29 to Hirota's 75.

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Souza's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Souza vs Hirota?

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