Souza vs Gustavo

Who won Souza vs Gustavo?

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza beat Luiz Gustavo by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of RIZIN 48, on Sunday 29th September 2024 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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).

This contest was for the Rizin Lightweight championship.

Souza vs Gustavo stats

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Luiz Gustavo made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza's Rizin record stood at 9-3-0, while Luiz Gustavo's came in at 6-2-0.

The stats suggested Gustavo had an advantage in power over Souza, with a 50% knock out percentage over Souza's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Souza had a large advantage over Gustavo, boasting a 63% submission rate over Gustavo's 36%.

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza was the older man by 7 years, at 35 years old.

Souza had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gustavo.

Souza was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in , 10 years and 3 months earlier than Gustavo, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 27 to Gustavo's 27.

Souza vs Gustavo form

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Patricky Pitbull at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Spike Carlyle 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 beaten by AJ McKee Jr at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had beaten Johnny Case at RIZIN 35 on 17th April 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu.

He had defeated Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN 33 on 30th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Activity check

Souza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Gustavo's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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