Asakura vs Hagiwara

Who won Asakura vs Hagiwara?

Mikuru Asakura beat Kyohei Hagiwara by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.1, on Saturday 2nd October 2021.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Mikuru Asakura.

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

Asakura vs Hagiwara stats

Mikuru Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Kyohei Hagiwara made his way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Mikuru Asakura's 14th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Mikuru Asakura's Rizin record stood at 11-3-0, while Kyohei Hagiwara's came in at 6-7-0.

The stats suggested Hagiwara had a massive power advantage over Asakura, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Asakura's 57%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Asakura had a slight advantage over Hagiwara, with a 7% submission rate over Hagiwara's 0%.

Mikuru Asakura was the older man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Asakura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 6 months earlier than Hagiwara, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 45 to Hagiwara's 33.

Asakura vs Hagiwara form

Asakura had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kleber Koike Erbst at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Satoshi Yamasu at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Yutaka Saito at RIZIN 25 on 21st November 2020 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka.

Before that, he had beaten Daniel Salas at RIZIN 21 on 22nd February 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu.

He had defeated John Teixeira at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Hagiwara's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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