Horiguchi vs Asakura

Who won Horiguchi vs Asakura?

Kyoji Horiguchi beat Kai Asakura by knockout in the 1st round during the main event 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 Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the Rizin bantamweight championship.

Horiguchi vs Asakura stats

Kyoji Horiguchi stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Kai Asakura made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Kyoji Horiguchi's Rizin record stood at 12-1-0, while Kai Asakura's came in at 12-3-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had an advantage in power over Horiguchi, with a 63% knock out percentage over Horiguchi's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Asakura had a slight advantage over Horiguchi, with a 19% submission rate over Horiguchi's 11%.

Kyoji Horiguchi was the older man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 3 inches over Horiguchi.

Horiguchi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Asakura, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 44 more professional rounds, 87 to Asakura's 43.

Horiguchi vs Asakura form

Horiguchi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kai Asakura at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ben Nguyen at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan.

Before that, he had defeated Darrion Caldwell at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 3rd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He was victorious against Ian McCall at RIZIN 10 on 6th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka.

Kai Asakura had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Shoji Maruyama at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 23 on 10th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Manel Kape at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had defeated Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

He was victorious against Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Kai Asakura had been fighting more than Kyoji Horiguchi.

Going to this contest, Kyoji Horiguchi had last fought 4 years, 8 months and 8 days ago, while Kai Asakura's last outing had been 3 years, 6 months and 30 days ago.

Horiguchi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

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