Who won Asakura vs Zappitella?
Kanna Asakura beat Alesha Zappitella by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 18, on Sunday 18th August 2019 at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Kanna Asakura.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Asakura vs Zappitella division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).
Asakura vs Zappitella stats
Kanna Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws and 5 by submission.
Alesha Zappitella made her way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 1 by submission.
The stats suggested that Asakura and Zappitella have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Asakura had an advantage over Zappitella, with a 36% submission rate over Zappitella's 20%.
Kanna Asakura was the younger woman by 3 years, at 26 years old.
Asakura had a height advantage of 3 inches over Zappitella.
Asakura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made her debut in 2014, 2 years earlier than Zappitella, whose first professional fight was in 2016. She had fought 34 more professional rounds, 67 to Zappitella's 33.
Asakura vs Zappitella form
Kanna Asakura had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.
In her last fight before this contest, she had beat Jayme Hinshaw at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.
Previous to that, she had beat Alesha Zappitella at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.
Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Miyuu Yamamoto at RIZIN 16 on 2nd June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at World Memorial Hall, Kobe.
Before that, she had lost to Ayaka Hamasaki at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.
She had won against Rena Kubota at RIZIN 11 on 29th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.
Activity check
Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 16 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.
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