Kape vs Ito

Who won Kape vs Ito?

Manel Kape beat Seiichiro Ito by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN 15, on Sunday 21st April 2019 at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama.

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

Kape vs Ito stats

Manel Kape stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Seiichiro Ito made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Manel Kape's Rizin record stood at 6-3-0, while Seiichiro Ito's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Kape had a massive power advantage over Ito, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Ito's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ito had an advantage over Kape, with a 58% submission rate over Kape's 42%.

Manel Kape was the same age as Seiichiro Ito, at 30 years old.

Kape had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ito.

Kape was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 months earlier than Ito, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 55 to Ito's 33.

Kape vs Ito form

Manel Kape had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ode Osbourne at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Matheus Nicolau at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Alexandre Pantoja at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Kai Asakura at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

He had defeated Takeya Mizugaki at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Activity check

Kape's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Ito's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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