Asakura vs Maruyama

Who won Asakura vs Maruyama?

Kai Asakura beat Shoji Maruyama by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of RIZIN 24, on Sunday 27th September 2020 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Asakura vs Maruyama stats

Kai Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Shoji Maruyama made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 12 losses and 1 draw, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Kai Asakura's 16th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Kai Asakura's Rizin record stood at 13-3-0, while Shoji Maruyama's came in at 1-4-0.

The stats suggested Maruyama had an advantage in power over Asakura, with a 75% knock out percentage over Asakura's 60%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Asakura had an advantage over Maruyama, with a 20% submission rate over Maruyama's 0%.

Kai Asakura was the younger man by 10 years, at 31 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 1 inch over Maruyama.

Asakura was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 years and 6 months later than Maruyama, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 25 less professional rounds, 47 to Maruyama's 72.

Asakura vs Maruyama form

Kai Asakura had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Shooto Watanabe at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Shoji Maruyama at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had defeated Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 23 on 10th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Pia Arena MM, Yokohama.

He had been beaten by 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.

Shoji Maruyama had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Ji Yong Yang at RIZIN 36 on 2nd July 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Okinawa Arena, Okinawa, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Hiroaki Suzuki at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.2 on 6th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN Trigger 1st on 28th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Kobe World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan.

Before that, he was victorious against Chihiro Suzuki at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

He had been defeated by Kai Asakura at RIZIN 24 on 27th September 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Shoji Maruyama had been fighting more than Kai Asakura.

Going to this contest, Kai Asakura had last fought 3 years, 9 months and 18 days ago, while Shoji Maruyama's last outing had been 2 years, 8 months and 29 days ago.

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 3 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

Maruyama's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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