Asakura vs Kape

Who won Asakura vs Kape?

Kai Asakura beat Manel Kape by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 10, on Sunday 6th May 2018 at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Kai Asakura.

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

Asakura vs Kape stats

Kai Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Manel Kape made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Kai Asakura's Rizin record stood at 12-3-0, while Manel Kape's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had an advantage in power over Kape, with a 67% knock out percentage over Kape's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kape had a slight advantage over Asakura, with a 36% submission rate over Asakura's 33%.

Kai Asakura was the same age as Manel Kape, at 30 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 3 inches over Kape.

Asakura was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 months later than Kape, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 43 to Kape's 55.

Asakura vs Kape form

Manel Kape had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Matheus Nicolau at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexandre Pantoja at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Kai Asakura at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, he had beaten Takeya Mizugaki at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

He had defeated Seiichiro Ito at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

Activity check

Kape's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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