Asakura vs Hioki

Who won Asakura vs Hioki?

Mikuru Asakura beat Hatsu Hioki by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 12, on Sunday 12th August 2018 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya.

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

Asakura vs Hioki stats

Mikuru Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Hatsu Hioki made his way to the cage with a record of 29 wins, 11 losses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

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 Hatsu Hioki's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had a massive power advantage over Hioki, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Hioki's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hioki had a large advantage over Asakura, boasting a 41% submission rate over Asakura's 17%.

Mikuru Asakura was the younger man by 9 years, at 32 years old.

Hioki had a height advantage of 1 inch over Asakura.

Asakura was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 35 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 9 years and 11 months later than Hioki, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 47 less professional rounds, 45 to Hioki's 92.

Asakura vs Hioki form

Asakura had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Daniel Salas at RIZIN 21 on 22nd February 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten John Teixeira at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Before that, he was victorious against Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

He had won against Takeshi Inoue at RIZIN Heisei’s Last Yarennoka! on 30th December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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