Asakura vs Sasaki

Who won Asakura vs Sasaki?

Kai Asakura beat Ulka Sasaki by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of RIZIN 19, on Saturday 12th October 2019 at Edion Arena in Osaka.

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

Asakura vs Sasaki stats

Kai Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Ulka Sasaki made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

Kai Asakura's Rizin record stood at 12-3-0, while Ulka Sasaki's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had a massive power advantage over Sasaki, boasting a 54% knock out percentage over Sasaki's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sasaki had a massive advantage over Asakura, boasting a 55% submission rate over Asakura's 23%.

Kai Asakura was the younger man by 4 years, at 30 years old.

Sasaki had a height advantage of 2 inches over Asakura.

Asakura was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 5 months later than Sasaki, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 29 less professional rounds, 43 to Sasaki's 72.

Asakura vs Sasaki form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kenta Takizawa 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 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten 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.

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

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.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Sasaki's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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