Horiguchi vs Asakura

Who won Horiguchi vs Asakura?

Kyoji Horiguchi beat Kai Asakura by knockout in the 1st round during the main event 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 Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the vacant Rizin Bantamweight championship.

Horiguchi vs Asakura stats

Kyoji Horiguchi stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Kai Asakura made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Kyoji Horiguchi's 17th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Kai Asakura marked his 16th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Kyoji Horiguchi's Rizin record stood at 15-1-0, while Kai Asakura's came in at 13-3-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had an advantage in power over Horiguchi, with a 63% knock out percentage over Horiguchi's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Asakura had a slight advantage over Horiguchi, with a 19% submission rate over Horiguchi's 11%.

Kyoji Horiguchi was the older man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 3 inches over Horiguchi.

Horiguchi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Asakura, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 48 more professional rounds, 95 to Asakura's 47.

Horiguchi vs Asakura form

Horiguchi had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Yuto Hokamura at RIZIN 38 on 25th September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Patchy Mix at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Sergio Pettis at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by knockout in the 4th round in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had beaten Kai Asakura at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

He had been defeated by Kai Asakura at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

Kai Asakura had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this 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, Japan.

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

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had been beaten by Manel Kape at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had won against Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Kai Asakura had been fighting more than Kyoji Horiguchi.

Going to this contest, Kyoji Horiguchi had last fought 2 years, 6 months and 5 days ago, while Kai Asakura's last outing had been 4 years, 2 months and 27 days ago.

Horiguchi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

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