Kape vs Nakamura

Who won Kape vs Nakamura?

Manel Kape beat Yusaku Nakamura by submission in the 3rd round during the main card of RIZIN 13, on Sunday 30th September 2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Kape vs Nakamura stats

Manel Kape stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Yusaku Nakamura made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Manel Kape's 9th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

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

The stats suggested Kape had a slight advantage in power over Nakamura, with a 55% knock out percentage over Nakamura's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kape had a massive advantage over Nakamura, boasting a 36% submission rate over Nakamura's 0%.

Manel Kape was the younger man by 7 years, at 31 years old.

Kape was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 3 months later than Nakamura, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 64 to Nakamura's 63.

Kape vs Nakamura form

Manel Kape had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that 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.

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

He had defeated Seiichiro Ito at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

Activity check

Kape's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 17 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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