Asakura vs Suzuki

Who won Asakura vs Suzuki?

Mikuru Asakura beat Chihiro Suzuki by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of RIZIN Otokomatsuri, on Sunday 4th May 2025 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo.

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

Asakura vs Suzuki stats

Mikuru Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Chihiro Suzuki made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Mikuru Asakura's 14th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Chihiro Suzuki marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Mikuru Asakura's Rizin record stood at 11-3-0, while Chihiro Suzuki's came in at 8-2-0.

The stats suggested Suzuki had a slight advantage in power over Asakura, with a 54% knock out percentage over Asakura's 47%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Suzuki had a slight advantage over Asakura, with a 8% submission rate over Asakura's 6%.

Mikuru Asakura was the older man by 6 years, at 32 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 2 inches over Suzuki.

Asakura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 4 months earlier than Suzuki, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 10 more professional rounds, 45 to Suzuki's 35.

Asakura vs Suzuki form

Mikuru Asakura had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Ren Hiramoto at Super RIZIN 3 on 28th July 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Vugar Kyaramov at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had won against Juntaro Ushiku at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya.

Before that, he had beaten Yutaka Saito at RIZIN 33 on 31st 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.

He had defeated Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.1 on 2nd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Chihiro Suzuki had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Karshyga Dautbek at RIZIN 50 on 29th March 2025 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Anabuki Arena Kagawa, Kagawa, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kleber Koike Erbst at RIZIN DECADE on 31st December 2024 by unanimous decision in their Rizin Featherweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Masanori Kanehara at RIZIN 46 on 29th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Featherweight championship fight at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

Before that, he had won against Vugar Kyaramov at RIZIN LANDMARK 7 in Azerbaijan on 4th November 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their championship fight at National Gymnastics Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan.

He had beaten Patricio Pitbull at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Chihiro Suzuki had been fighting more than Mikuru Asakura.

Going to this contest, Mikuru Asakura had last fought 9 months and 17 days ago, while Chihiro Suzuki's last outing had been 1 month and 16 days ago.

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Suzuki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 11 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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