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

In his last fight leading up to 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 5 years, 4 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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