Takeda vs Hagiwara

Who won Takeda vs Hagiwara?

Koji Takeda beat Kyohei Hagiwara by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE, on Saturday 23rd March 2024 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Koji Takeda.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Takeda vs Hagiwara stats

Koji Takeda stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Kyohei Hagiwara made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Koji Takeda's 12th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Koji Takeda's Rizin record stood at 6-6-0, while Kyohei Hagiwara's came in at 6-7-0.

The stats suggested Hagiwara had a massive power advantage over Takeda, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Takeda's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Takeda had a massive advantage over Hagiwara, boasting a 33% submission rate over Hagiwara's 0%.

Koji Takeda was the same age as Kyohei Hagiwara, at 29 years old.

Hagiwara had a height advantage of 3 inches over Takeda.

Takeda was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 5 months later than Hagiwara, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 21 more professional rounds, 54 to Hagiwara's 33.

Takeda vs Hagiwara form

Koji Takeda had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN LANDMARK 7 in Azerbaijan on 4th November 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Gadzhi Rabadanov at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had won against Zach Zane at RIZIN 39 on 23rd October 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka.

He had beaten Johnny Case at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Kyohei Hagiwara had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Juntaro Ushiku at RIZIN 44 on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had defeated Kyle Aguon at RIZIN 41 on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had been defeated by Kleber Koike Erbst at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.3 on 5th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Undisclosed.

He had lost to Satoshi Yamasu at RIZIN 34 on 20th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Koji Takeda had been fighting more than Kyohei Hagiwara.

Going to this contest, Koji Takeda had last fought 1 year, 4 months and 9 days ago, while Kyohei Hagiwara's last outing had been 1 year, 5 months and 18 days ago.

Takeda's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Hagiwara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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