Asakura vs Salas

Who won Asakura vs Salas?

Mikuru Asakura beat Daniel Salas by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN 21, on Saturday 22nd February 2020 at Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamatsu.

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

Asakura vs Salas stats

Mikuru Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Daniel Salas made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Mikuru Asakura's 14th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Mikuru Asakura's Rizin record stood at 11-3-0, while Daniel Salas' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had an advantage in power over Salas, with a 50% knock out percentage over Salas' 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Salas had a massive advantage over Asakura, boasting a 50% submission rate over Asakura's 8%.

Mikuru Asakura was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Asakura was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 5 years and 4 months later than Salas, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 45 to Salas' 53.

Asakura vs Salas form

Asakura had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against John Teixeira at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

Before that, he was victorious against Takeshi Inoue at RIZIN Heisei’s Last Yarennoka! on 30th December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

He had won against Hatsu Hioki at RIZIN 12 on 12th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 24 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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