Kubota vs Oyama

Who won Kubota vs Oyama?

Rena Kubota beat Kate Oyama by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of Super RIZIN 3, on Sunday 28th July 2024 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Atomweight division, which meant the weight limit was 105 pounds (7.5 stone or 47.6 KG).

Kubota vs Oyama stats

Rena Kubota stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Kate Oyama made her way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Rena Kubota's 17th fight in Rizin, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015. Kate Oyama will be making their debut in Rizin.

Rena Kubota's Rizin record stood at 13-4-0.

The stats suggested Kubota had a large advantage in power over Oyama, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Oyama's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oyama had a slight advantage over Kubota, with a 20% submission rate over Kubota's 14%.

Rena Kubota was the older woman by 7 years, at 33 years old.

Oyama had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kubota.

Kubota was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made her debut in 2015, 4 years and 11 months earlier than Oyama, whose first professional fight was in 2020. She had fought 21 more professional rounds, 41 to Oyama's 20.

Kubota vs Oyama form

Kubota had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Yu Ri Shim at RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE on 23rd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kobe World Hall, Kobe, Japan.

Previous to that, she had lost to Claire Lopez at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Anastasiya Svetkivska at RIZIN 37 on 31st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, she had been beaten by Si Woo Park at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

She had defeated Miyuu Yamamoto at RIZIN 32 on 20th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Okinawa Arena (沖縄アリーナ), Okinawa.

Activity check

Kubota's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 18 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 6 months and 23 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kubota vs Oyama?

Rena Kubota was a 1/7 (-710) favourite going into the contest, while Kate Oyama made her way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.