Asakura vs Yamasu

Who won Asakura vs Yamasu?

Mikuru Asakura beat Satoshi Yamasu by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 26, on Thursday 31st December 2020 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Asakura vs Yamasu stats

Mikuru Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Satoshi Yamasu made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Mikuru Asakura's Rizin record stood at 11-2-0, while Satoshi Yamasu's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had an advantage in power over Yamasu, with a 54% knock out percentage over Yamasu's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yamasu had a massive advantage over Asakura, boasting a 40% submission rate over Asakura's 8%.

Mikuru Asakura was the younger man by 3 years, at 31 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 1 inch over Yamasu.

Asakura was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2012, 9 months earlier than Yamasu, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 44 to Yamasu's 31.

Asakura vs Yamasu form

Asakura had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Yutaka Saito at RIZIN 25 on 21st November 2020 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Daniel Salas at RIZIN 21 on 22nd February 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu.

Going into that contest, he had beaten John Teixeira at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

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

He was victorious against Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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