Asakura vs Hagiwara

Who won Asakura vs Hagiwara?

Mikuru Asakura beat Kyohei Hagiwara by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.1, on Saturday 2nd October 2021.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Mikuru Asakura.

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

Asakura vs Hagiwara stats

Mikuru Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Kyohei Hagiwara made his way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 4 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Hagiwara had a massive power advantage over Asakura, boosting at 100% knock out percentage over Asakura's 57%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Asakura had a slight advantage over Hagiwara, with a 7% submission rate over Hagiwara's 0%.

Mikuru Asakura was the older man by 4 years, at 31 years old.

Asakura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 6 months earlier than Hagiwara, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 44 to Hagiwara's 27.

Asakura vs Hagiwara form

Asakura had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kleber Koike Erbst at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by in the 2nd round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Satoshi Yamasu at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Yutaka Saito at RIZIN 25 on 21st November 2020 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka.

Before that, he had beat Daniel Salas at RIZIN 21 on 22nd February 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu.

He had defeated John Teixeira at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Kyohei Hagiwara had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Mikuru Asakura at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.1 on 2nd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Previous to that, he had won against Ren Hiramoto at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Yojiro Uchimura at RIZIN 25 on 21st November 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka.

Before that, he had lost to Takahiro Ashida at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had beat Rikuto Shirakawa at RIZIN 22 on 9th August 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Kyohei Hagiwara had been fighting more than Mikuru Asakura.

Going to this contest, Mikuru Asakura had last fought 2 years, 5 months and 24 days ago, while Kyohei Hagiwara's last outing had been 2 years, 2 months and 5 days ago.

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Hagiwara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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