Kai Asakura

AGE	31 / Oct 31, 1993
HEIGHT	5'8" / 172.72 cm
WEIGHT	125 lbs / 56.7 kg

ASSOCIATION
Japan Top Team

CLASS
Flyweight

Wins 21

KO / TKO

62%

SUBMISSIONS

14%

DECISIONS

24%

Losses 5

KO / TKO

60%

SUBMISSIONS

20%

DECISIONS

20%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Alexandre Pantoja	UFC 310 - Pantoja vs. Asakura Dec / 07 / 2024	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Jason Herzog VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	2:05
win	Juan Archuleta	Rizin FF - Rizin 45 Dec / 31 / 2023	TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches) Masato Fukuda	2	3:20
win	Yuki Motoya	Rizin FF - Rizin 42 May / 06 / 2023	KO (Knee to the Body) Minoru Toyonaga	3	2:25
loss	Hiromasa Ougikubo	Rizin FF - Rizin 33 Dec / 31 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Minoru Toyonaga	3	5:00
win	Kenta Takizawa	Rizin FF - Rizin 33 Dec / 31 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Minoru Toyonaga	3	5:00
win	Alan Yamaniha	Rizin FF - Rizin 30 Sep / 19 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Masato Fukuda	3	5:00
win	Shuto Watanabe	Rizin FF - Rizin 28 Jun / 13 / 2021	TKO (Punches) Minoru Toyonaga	1	3:22
loss	Kyoji Horiguchi	Rizin FF - Rizin 26 Dec / 31 / 2020	KO (Punches) Minoru Toyonaga	1	2:48
win	Shoji Maruyama	Rizin FF - Rizin 24 Sep / 27 / 2020	TKO (Punches and Soccer Kick) Yasuhiro Tazawa	1	2:37
win	Hiromasa Ougikubo	Rizin FF - Rizin 23 Aug / 10 / 2020	TKO (Knee and Soccer Kicks) Minoru Toyonaga	1	4:31
loss	Manel Kape	Rizin FF - Rizin 20 Dec / 31 / 2019	TKO (Punches) Jason Herzog	2	0:38
win	Yuta Sasaki	Rizin FF - Rizin 19: Lightweight Grand Prix 1st Round Oct / 12 / 2019	TKO (Broken Jaw) Jason Herzog	1	0:54
win	Kyoji Horiguchi	Rizin FF - Rizin 18 Aug / 18 / 2019	KO (Punches) Masato Fukuda	1	1:08
win	Jae Hoon Moon	Rizin FF - Heisei's Last Yarennoka! Dec / 31 / 2018	Decision (Unanimous) Ryogaku Wada	3	5:00
win	Thanongsaklek Chuwattana	Rizin FF - Rizin 13 Sep / 30 / 2018	Decision (Unanimous) Hirokazu Takamoto	3	5:00
win	Manel Kape	Rizin FF - Rizin 10 May / 06 / 2018	Decision (Split) Jason Herzog	3	5:00
win	Kizaemon Saiga	Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: 2nd Round Dec / 29 / 2017	TKO (Punches and Knee) Ryogaku Wada	2	2:39
loss	Jae Hoon Moon	Road FC 39 - Road Fighting Championship 39 Jun / 10 / 2017	KO (Punches) Kosuke Umeda	3	2:39
win	Heili Alateng	Road FC 37 - Road Fighting Championship 37 Mar / 11 / 2017	KO (Knee and Punches) Tae Uk Lim	1	0:29
win	Youichi Ooi	Rings - The Outsider 42 Sep / 04 / 2016	TKO (Punches) Ryogaku Wada	1	4:52
win	Xiaoyang Liu	Road FC 32 - Road Fighting Championship 32 Jul / 02 / 2016	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Tae Uk Lim	1	1:53
win	Jong Hyun Kwak	Rings - The Outsider 38: Ota City General Gymnasium Special Dec / 13 / 2015	KO (Punches) Naoyuki Taira	1	4:04
win	Jung Bin Choi	Rings - The Outsider 37 Sep / 06 / 2015	Submission (Brabo Choke) Ryogaku Wada	1	2:21
win	Keigo Takayama	Rings - The Outsider 36 Jul / 19 / 2015	TKO (Slam and Punches) Ryogaku Wada	1	0:40
win	Satoru Date	Rings - The Outsider 35 May / 17 / 2015	KO (Knees) Naoyuki Taira	2	3:36
win	Tomoya Suzuki	Deep - Cage Impact 2012 in Hamamatsu Sep / 16 / 2012	Technical Submission (Armbar) Yoshinori Umeki	1	2:34

FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Youichi Ooi	Rings - The Outsider 33 Dec / 07 / 2014	TKO (Punches) Naoyuki Taira	1	1:18
win	Masamichi Yoshino	Rings - The Outsider 33 Dec / 07 / 2014	TKO (Punch) Akira Yamazaki	1	0:22
win	Takayuki Okugi	Rings - The Outsider 32 Sep / 07 / 2014	KO (Knee and Punches) Akira Yamazaki	1	0:23
win	Masaya Kamide	Rings - The Outsider 31 Jun / 22 / 2014	Decision (Unanimous) Ryogaku Wada	2	3:00
win	Kenta Tanoue	Rings - The Outsider 30 Apr / 06 / 2014	TKO (Punches) Akira Yamazaki	1	1:07
win	Shota Kaneko	Rings - The Outsider 29 Feb / 16 / 2014	TKO (Punches) Makoto Miyazawa	1	1:09
win	Masamune Shimada	Rings - The Outsider 28 Dec / 08 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Ryuichi Tanaka	2	3:00
loss	Ryota Ryota	Rings - The Outsider 27 Sep / 08 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Makoto Miyazawa	2	3:00
loss	Riku Shibuya	Rings - The Outsider 25 Apr / 21 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Naoyuki Taira	2	3:00
win	Dai Aoki	Rings - The Outsider 24 Feb / 10 / 2013	Technical Submission (Armbar) Ryogaku Wada	1	0:31

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