Tanaka vs Karimian

Who won Tanaka vs Karimian?

The fight between Koji Tanaka and Sina Karimian finished in a no contest at RIZIN Otokomatsuri on Sunday 4th May 2025.

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

Tanaka vs Karimian stats

Koji Tanaka stepped into the octagon with a record of 1 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sina Karimian made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Koji Tanaka's 1st fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Sina Karimian will be making their debut in Rizin.

Koji Tanaka's Rizin record stood at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Tanaka had a massive power advantage over Karimian, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Karimian's 0%.

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

Koji Tanaka was the older man by 36 years, at 36 years old.

Karimian had a height advantage of 11 inches over Tanaka.

Tanaka was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 2 to Karimian's 0.

Tanaka vs Karimian form

Tanaka remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 2 of his recent opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Ryusei Ashizawa at Super RIZIN 3 on 28th July 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Kota Miura at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ray Sadeghi at Super RIZIN on 24th September 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had defeated Genji Umeno at RIZIN 34 on 20th March 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka, Osaka.

He had been beaten by Takanori Gomi at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

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Tanaka's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Tanaka vs Karimian?

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