Izawa vs Apdelgarim

Who won Izawa vs Apdelgarim?

Seika Izawa beat Lucia Apdelgarim by submission in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN DECADE, on Tuesday 31st December 2024 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Izawa vs Apdelgarim stats

Seika Izawa stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 12 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Lucia Apdelgarim made his way to the cage with a record of 2 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

This was Seika Izawa's 9th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Lucia Apdelgarim marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Seika Izawa's Rizin record stood at 9-0-0, while Lucia Apdelgarim's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Apdelgarim had a massive power advantage over Izawa, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Izawa's 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Izawa had a massive advantage over Apdelgarim, boasting a 50% submission rate over Apdelgarim's 0%.

Seika Izawa was the older man by 27 years, at 27 years old.

Apdelgarim had a height advantage of 3 inches over Izawa.

Izawa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2020, 1 year and 8 months earlier than Apdelgarim, whose first professional fight was in 2022. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 30 to Apdelgarim's 14.

Izawa vs Apdelgarim form

Izawa remained undefeated as a professional.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kanna Asakura at RIZIN 48 on 29th September 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Miyuu Yamamoto at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Claire Lopez at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he was victorious against Si Woo Park at RIZIN 40 on 31st December 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had won against Anastasiya Svetkivska at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

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Izawa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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