Saito vs Asakura

Who won Saito vs Asakura?

Mikuru Asakura beat Yutaka Saito by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 33, on Thursday 30th December 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 Mikuru Asakura.

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

Saito vs Asakura stats

Yutaka Saito stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Mikuru Asakura made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Yutaka Saito's 8th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Mikuru Asakura marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Yutaka Saito's Rizin record stood at 4-4-0, while Mikuru Asakura's came in at 11-3-0.

The stats suggested Asakura had a large advantage in power over Saito, boasting a 53% knock out percentage over Saito's 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Saito had a slight advantage over Asakura, with a 11% submission rate over Asakura's 7%.

Yutaka Saito was the older man by 5 years, at 37 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 2 inches over Saito.

Saito was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 9 months earlier than Asakura, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 80 to Asakura's 45.

Saito vs Asakura form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Daniel Salas at RIZIN 21 on 22nd February 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten John Teixeira at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

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

Before that, he was victorious against Luiz Gustavo at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

He had won against Takeshi Inoue at RIZIN Heisei’s Last Yarennoka! on 30th December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 3 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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