Asakura vs Inoue

Who won Asakura vs Inoue?

Mikuru Asakura beat Takeshi Inoue by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN Heisei’s Last Yarennoka!, on Sunday 30th December 2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo.

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

Asakura vs Inoue stats

Mikuru Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Takeshi Inoue made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Mikuru Asakura's Rizin record stood at 11-2-0, while Takeshi Inoue's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had an advantage in power over Inoue, with a 63% knock out percentage over Inoue's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Inoue had a slight advantage over Asakura, with a 17% submission rate over Asakura's 13%.

Mikuru Asakura was the younger man by 13 years, at 31 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 2 inches over Inoue.

Asakura was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 26 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 9 years and 3 months later than Inoue, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 43 less professional rounds, 44 to Inoue's 87.

Asakura vs Inoue form

Asakura had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Yutaka Saito at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.1 on 2nd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Kleber Koike Erbst at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo, Japan.

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

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.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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