Who won Asakura vs Thanongsaklek?
Kai Asakura beat Thanongsaklek by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 13, on Sunday 30th September 2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Kai Asakura.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Asakura vs Thanongsaklek division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).
Asakura vs Thanongsaklek stats
Kai Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.
Thanongsaklek made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 5 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Thanongsaklek had a large advantage in power over Asakura, boosting at 83% knock out percentage over Asakura's 60%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Asakura had a large advantage over Thanongsaklek, boasting at 30% submission rate over Thanongsaklek's 0%.
Kai Asakura was the younger man by 1 year, at 30 years old.
Asakura had a height advantage of 1 inch over Thanongsaklek.
Asakura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 6 months earlier than Thanongsaklek, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 43 to Thanongsaklek's 27.
Asakura vs Thanongsaklek form
Asakura had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges 3 times.
In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka, Japan.
Previous to that, he had defeated Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.
Going into that contest, he had beat 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.
Before that, he had won against Thanongsaklek at RIZIN 13 on 30th September 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.
He had beat Manel Kape at RIZIN 10 on 6th May 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka.
Activity check
Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.
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