Asakura vs Maruyama

Who won Asakura vs Maruyama?

Kai Asakura beat Shoji Maruyama by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of RIZIN 24, on Sunday 27th September 2020 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Asakura vs Maruyama stats

Kai Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Shoji Maruyama made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 12 losses and 1 draw, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

Kai Asakura's Rizin record stood at 12-3-0, while Shoji Maruyama's came in at 1-4-0.

The stats suggested Maruyama had an advantage in power over Asakura, with a 75% knock out percentage over Asakura's 60%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Asakura had an advantage over Maruyama, with a 20% submission rate over Maruyama's 0%.

Kai Asakura was the younger man by 11 years, at 30 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 1 inch over Maruyama.

Asakura was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 years and 6 months later than Maruyama, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 29 less professional rounds, 43 to Maruyama's 72.

Asakura vs Maruyama form

Asakura had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 23 on 10th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Manel Kape at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Before that, he had defeated Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

He was victorious against Je Hoon Moon at RIZIN Heisei’s Last Yarennoka! on 30th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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