Soya vs Kawahara

Who won Soya vs Kawahara?

Takaki Soya beat Namiki Kawahara by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 16, on Sunday 2nd June 2019 at World Memorial Hall in Kobe.

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

Soya vs Kawahara stats

Takaki Soya stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Namiki Kawahara made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Takaki Soya's 5th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Takaki Soya's Rizin record stood at 3-2-0, while Namiki Kawahara's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Soya had a slight advantage in power over Kawahara, with a 67% knock out percentage over Kawahara's 60%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kawahara had an advantage over Soya, with a 20% submission rate over Soya's 0%.

Takaki Soya was the younger man by 5 years, at 30 years old.

Kawahara had a height advantage of 2 inches over Soya.

Soya was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years earlier than Kawahara, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 33 to Kawahara's 27.

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