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

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 33 on 30th 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 won against Alan Yoshihiro Yamaniha at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Shooto Watanabe at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo.

Before that, he had been beaten by Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had defeated Shoji Maruyama at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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