Asakura vs Thanongsaklek

Who won Asakura vs Thanongsaklek?

Kai Asakura beat Thanongsaklek by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 13, on Sunday 30th September 2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

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

Asakura vs Thanongsaklek stats

Kai Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Thanongsaklek made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Kai Asakura's 16th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Kai Asakura's Rizin record stood at 13-3-0, while Thanongsaklek's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Thanongsaklek had a large advantage in power over Asakura, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Asakura's 60%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Asakura had a large advantage over Thanongsaklek, boasting a 30% submission rate over Thanongsaklek's 0%.

Kai Asakura was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 1 inch over Thanongsaklek.

Asakura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 6 months earlier than Thanongsaklek, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 47 to Thanongsaklek's 27.

Asakura vs Thanongsaklek form

Asakura had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 23 on 10th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Manel Kape at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Before that, he had defeated Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

He was victorious against Je Hoon Moon at RIZIN Heisei’s Last Yarennoka! on 30th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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