Asakura vs Moon

Who won Asakura vs Moon?

Kai Asakura beat Je Hoon Moon by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN Heisei’s Last Yarennoka!, on Sunday 30th December 2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo.

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

Asakura vs Moon stats

Kai Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Je Hoon Moon made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 3 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 Je Hoon Moon's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had a large advantage in power over Moon, boasting a 55% knock out percentage over Moon's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Asakura had a large advantage over Moon, boasting a 27% submission rate over Moon's 0%.

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

Asakura had a height advantage of 2 inches over Moon.

Asakura was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 10 months later than Moon, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 47 to Moon's 54.

Asakura vs Moon form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Hiromasa Ougikubo at RIZIN 33 on 30th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Alan Yoshihiro Yamaniha at RIZIN 30 on 19th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ), Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Shooto Watanabe at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo.

Before that, he had been beaten by 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.

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

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 2 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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