Asakura vs Yamasu

Who won Asakura vs Yamasu?

Mikuru Asakura beat Satoshi Yamasu by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 26, on Thursday 31st December 2020 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

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

Asakura vs Yamasu stats

Mikuru Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Satoshi Yamasu made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Mikuru Asakura's 14th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Mikuru Asakura's Rizin record stood at 11-3-0, while Satoshi Yamasu's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had an advantage in power over Yamasu, with a 54% knock out percentage over Yamasu's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yamasu had a massive advantage over Asakura, boasting a 40% submission rate over Asakura's 8%.

Mikuru Asakura was the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 1 inch over Yamasu.

Asakura was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2012, 9 months earlier than Yamasu, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 45 to Yamasu's 31.

Asakura vs Yamasu form

Asakura had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against John Teixeira at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN 17 on 28th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

Before that, he was victorious against Takeshi Inoue at RIZIN Heisei’s Last Yarennoka! on 30th December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

He had won against Hatsu Hioki at RIZIN 12 on 12th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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