Asakura vs Gustavo

Who won Asakura vs Gustavo?

Mikuru Asakura beat Luiz Gustavo by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 15, on Sunday 21st April 2019 at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama.

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 Gustavo division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Asakura vs Gustavo stats

Mikuru Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Luiz Gustavo made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 9 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 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 Luiz Gustavo's came in at 6-2-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had a large advantage in power over Gustavo, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Gustavo's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gustavo had a massive advantage over Asakura, boasting a 56% submission rate over Asakura's 11%.

Mikuru Asakura was the older man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 1 inch over Gustavo.

Asakura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 10 months earlier than Gustavo, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 45 to Gustavo's 27.

Asakura vs Gustavo form

Luiz Gustavo had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN Trigger 3rd on 16th April 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Chofu, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Patricky Pitbull at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

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

Before that, he had been beaten by Mikuru Asakura at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

He had defeated Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN 12 on 12th August 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya.

Activity check

Asakura's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

Gustavo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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