Asakura vs Kape

Who won Asakura vs Kape?

Kai Asakura beat Manel Kape by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 10, on Sunday 6th May 2018 at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka.

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

Asakura vs Kape stats

Kai 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 3 by submission.

Manel Kape made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Kai Asakura's 16th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Manel Kape marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Kai Asakura's Rizin record stood at 13-3-0, while Manel Kape's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had an advantage in power over Kape, with a 67% knock out percentage over Kape's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kape had a slight advantage over Asakura, with a 36% submission rate over Asakura's 33%.

Kai Asakura was the same age as Manel Kape, at 31 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 3 inches over Kape.

Asakura was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 months later than Kape, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 17 less professional rounds, 47 to Kape's 64.

Asakura vs Kape form

Asakura had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

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

Before that, he had defeated 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.

He was victorious against Thanongsaklek at RIZIN 13 on 30th September 2018 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 6 years, 7 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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