Kape vs Mizugaki

Who won Kape vs Mizugaki?

Manel Kape beat Takeya Mizugaki by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN 18, on Sunday 18th August 2019 at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya.

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

Kape vs Mizugaki stats

Manel Kape stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Takeya Mizugaki made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 13 losses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Manel Kape's Rizin record stood at 6-3-0, while Takeya Mizugaki's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Kape had a massive power advantage over Mizugaki, boasting a 54% knock out percentage over Mizugaki's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kape had a massive advantage over Mizugaki, boasting a 38% submission rate over Mizugaki's 4%.

Manel Kape was the younger man by 10 years, at 30 years old.

Mizugaki had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kape. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Kape was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 21 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 years and 3 months later than Mizugaki, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 37 less professional rounds, 55 to Mizugaki's 92.

Kape vs Mizugaki form

Manel Kape had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to 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.

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