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 15th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza's Rizin record stood at 12-3-0, 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 9 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 4 months earlier than Hirota, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 45 less professional rounds, 30 to Hirota's 75.

Souza vs Hirota form

Souza had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN 33 on 30th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Kazuki Tokudome at RIZIN 27 on 21st March 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Nippongaishi Hall(日本ガイシホール), Nagoya.

Before that, he was victorious against Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN 22 on 9th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

He had lost to Johnny Case at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Activity check

Souza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

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