Sasaki vs Kape

Who won Sasaki vs Kape?

Ulka Sasaki beat Manel Kape by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 14, on Monday 31st December 2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ulka Sasaki.

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

Sasaki vs Kape stats

Ulka Sasaki stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Manel Kape made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Ulka Sasaki's Rizin record stood at 3-4-0, while Manel Kape's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Kape had a massive power advantage over Sasaki, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Sasaki's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sasaki had an advantage over Kape, with a 57% submission rate over Kape's 42%.

Ulka Sasaki was the older man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Sasaki had a height advantage of 5 inches over Kape. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Sasaki was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 1 month earlier than Kape, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 72 to Kape's 55.

Sasaki vs Kape form

Kape had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against 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.

Previous to that, he had beaten Takeya Mizugaki at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Seiichiro Ito at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

Before that, he had lost to Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He was victorious against Yusaku Nakamura at RIZIN 13 on 30th September 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Sasaki's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Kape's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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