Kape vs Ito

Who won Kape vs Ito?

Manel Kape beat Seiichiro Ito by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN 15, on Sunday 21st April 2019 at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama.

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

Kape vs Ito stats

Manel Kape stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Seiichiro Ito made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Manel Kape's 9th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Manel Kape's Rizin record stood at 6-3-0, while Seiichiro Ito's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Kape had a massive power advantage over Ito, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Ito's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ito had an advantage over Kape, with a 58% submission rate over Kape's 42%.

Manel Kape was the same age as Seiichiro Ito, at 31 years old.

Kape had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ito.

Kape was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 months earlier than Ito, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 31 more professional rounds, 64 to Ito's 33.

Kape vs Ito form

Kape 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 won against Takeya Mizugaki at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Seiichiro Ito at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Ulka Sasaki at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had defeated Yusaku Nakamura at RIZIN 13 on 30th September 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had been beaten by Kai Asakura at RIZIN 10 on 6th May 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka.

Activity check

Kape's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 5 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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