Sabatello vs Ota

Who won Sabatello vs Ota?

Danny Sabatello beat Shinobu Ota by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of RIZIN Otokomatsuri, on Sunday 4th May 2025 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo.

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

Sabatello vs Ota stats

Danny Sabatello stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Shinobu Ota made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Danny Sabatello's 1st fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Shinobu Ota marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Danny Sabatello's Rizin record stood at 0-1-0, while Shinobu Ota's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Ota had a massive power advantage over Sabatello, boasting a 57% knock out percentage over Sabatello's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sabatello had a large advantage over Ota, boasting a 36% submission rate over Ota's 14%.

Danny Sabatello was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Sabatello had a height advantage of 5 inches over Ota.

Sabatello was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2018, 2 years and 5 months earlier than Ota, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 49 to Ota's 20.

Sabatello vs Ota form

Danny Sabatello had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Magomed Magomedov at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 29th July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Marcos Breno at Bellator 294 on 21st April 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Raufeon Stots at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had beaten Leandro Higo at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated Jornel Lugo at Bellator 278 on 22nd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Ota had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 48 on 29th September 2024 by submission in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Roger Blanque at Bellator Champions Series: Dublin on 22nd June 2024 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that 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.

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

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.

Activity check

In of activity leading into the fight, Shinobu Ota had been fighting more than Danny Sabatello.

Going to this contest, Danny Sabatello had last fought 1 year, 9 months and 24 days ago, while Shinobu Ota's last outing had been 7 months and 24 days ago.

Sabatello's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Ota's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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