Asakura vs Thanongsaklek

Who won Asakura vs Thanongsaklek?

Kai Asakura beat Thanongsaklek by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 13, on Sunday 30th September 2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Asakura vs Thanongsaklek stats

Kai Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Thanongsaklek made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 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 Thanongsaklek's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Thanongsaklek had a large advantage in power over Asakura, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Asakura's 60%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Asakura had a large advantage over Thanongsaklek, boasting a 30% submission rate over Thanongsaklek's 0%.

Kai Asakura was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 1 inch over Thanongsaklek.

Asakura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 6 months earlier than Thanongsaklek, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 47 to Thanongsaklek's 27.

Asakura vs Thanongsaklek 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 Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 310 on 7th December 2024 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Juan Archuleta at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Yuki Motoya at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

Before that, he had defeated Kenta Takizawa 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 been beaten by 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.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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