Carlyle vs Kim

Who won Carlyle vs Kim?

Spike Carlyle beat Kyung Pyo Kim by submission in the 3rd round during the main card of RIZIN 47, on Sunday 9th June 2024 at Yoyogi National Stadium in Shibuya.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Carlyle vs Kim stats

Spike Carlyle stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Kyung Pyo Kim made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Spike Carlyle's 3rd fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Kyung Pyo Kim marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Spike Carlyle's Rizin record stood at 1-2-0, while Kyung Pyo Kim's came in at 2-0-0.

The stats suggested Kim had an advantage in power over Carlyle, with a 54% knock out percentage over Carlyle's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Carlyle had an advantage over Kim, with a 50% submission rate over Kim's 31%.

Spike Carlyle was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Kim had a height advantage of 1 inch over Carlyle. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Carlyle was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 2 years and 7 months later than Kim, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 39 to Kim's 26.

Carlyle vs Kim form

Spike Carlyle had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Yoshinori Horie 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 been beaten by Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

Before that, he had won against Koji Takeda at RIZIN 35 on 17th April 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu, Japan.

He had beaten Dan Moret at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Activity check

Carlyle's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Kim's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 5 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Carlyle vs Kim?

Spike Carlyle was a 4/6 (-150) favourite going into the contest, while Kyung Pyo Kim made his way into the ring at 11/10 (+110) with oddsmakers.