Ota vs Blanque

Who won Ota vs Blanque?

Shinobu Ota beat Roger Blanque by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of Bellator Champions Series, on Saturday 22nd June 2024 at 3Arena Dublin in Dublin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Ota vs Blanque stats

Shinobu Ota stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Roger Blanque made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Shinobu Ota's 1st fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Roger Blanque marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Shinobu Ota's Bellator record stood at 1-0-0, while Roger Blanque's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Ota had a massive power advantage over Blanque, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Blanque's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blanque had a massive advantage over Ota, boasting a 60% submission rate over Ota's 0%.

Shinobu Ota was the older man by 30 years, at 30 years old.

Ota was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2020, 3 years and 3 months later than Blanque, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 20 to Blanque's 19.

Ota vs Blanque form

Ota had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Juntaro Ushiku at RIZIN 46 on 6th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ryusei Ashizawa at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Shoko Sato at RIZIN LANDMARK 6 in NAGOYA on 1st October 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Before that, he had defeated Kenta Takizawa at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He was victorious against Kazuma Kuramoto at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya.

Activity check

Ota's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ota vs Blanque?

Shinobu Ota was a 1/18 (-1700) favourite going into the contest, while Roger Blanque made his way into the ring at 7/1 (+700) with oddsmakers.