Kanehara vs Ashida

Who won Kanehara vs Ashida?

Masanori Kanehara beat Takahiro Ashida by during the main card of RIZIN 31, on Sunday 24th October 2021 at Pia Arena MM (ぴあありーなMM) in Yokohama.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Masanori Kanehara.

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

Kanehara vs Ashida stats

Masanori Kanehara stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 14 losses and 5 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Takahiro Ashida made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 10 losses and 2 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Masanori Kanehara's Rizin record stood at 3-1-0, while Takahiro Ashida's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Ashida had a slight advantage in power over Kanehara, with a 36% knock out percentage over Kanehara's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kanehara had a large advantage over Ashida, boasting a 41% submission rate over Ashida's 18%.

Masanori Kanehara was the older man by 7 years, at 41 years old.

Kanehara was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 7 years and 1 month earlier than Ashida, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 80 to Ashida's 80.

Kanehara vs Ashida form

Takahiro Ashida had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kazumasa Majima at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Hirotaka Nakada at RIZIN 39 on 23rd October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kyle Aguon at RIZIN 35 on 17th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu.

Before that, he had been defeated by Masanori Kanehara at RIZIN 31 on 24th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Pia Arena MM (ぴあありーなMM), Yokohama.

He had beaten Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Kanehara's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Ashida's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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