Asakura vs Yamaniha

Who won Asakura vs Yamaniha?

Kai Asakura beat Alan Yoshihiro Yamaniha by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of RIZIN 30, on Sunday 19th September 2021 at Saitama Super Arena(さいたまスーパーアリーナ) 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 Yamaniha division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Asakura vs Yamaniha stats

Kai Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Alan Yoshihiro Yamaniha made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 8 losses and 4 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

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 Alan Yoshihiro Yamaniha's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had a massive power advantage over Yamaniha, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Yamaniha's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Asakura and Yamaniha would have been pretty equal, both with a 19% submission rate.

Kai Asakura was the younger man by 7 years, at 31 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 3 inches over Yamaniha.

Asakura was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 5 months later than Yamaniha, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 36 less professional rounds, 47 to Yamaniha's 83.

Asakura vs Yamaniha form

Asakura had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, Japan.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

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

He was victorious against 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.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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