Saito vs Asakura

Who won Saito vs Asakura?

Yutaka Saito beat Mikuru Asakura by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 25, on Saturday 21st November 2020 at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yutaka Saito.

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 18 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 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 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 54% knock out percentage over Saito's 28%.

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 8%.

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 10 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

Mikuru Asakura had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Vugar Kyaramov at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Juntaro Ushiku at RIZIN LANDMARK 5 in YOYOGI on 30th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Yutaka Saito at RIZIN 33 on 31st December 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.

Before that, he had defeated Kyohei Hagiwara at RIZIN LANDMARK Vol.1 on 2nd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

He had been beaten by Kleber Koike Erbst at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo, Japan.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 5 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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