Asakura vs Suzuki

Who won Asakura vs Suzuki?

Mikuru Asakura beat Chihiro Suzuki by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of RIZIN Otokomatsuri, on Sunday 4th May 2025 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo.

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

Asakura vs Suzuki stats

Mikuru Asakura stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Chihiro Suzuki made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Mikuru Asakura's 14th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Chihiro Suzuki marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Mikuru Asakura's Rizin record stood at 11-3-0, while Chihiro Suzuki's came in at 8-2-0.

The stats suggested Suzuki had a slight advantage in power over Asakura, with a 54% knock out percentage over Asakura's 47%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Suzuki had a slight advantage over Asakura, with a 8% submission rate over Asakura's 6%.

Mikuru Asakura was the older man by 6 years, at 32 years old.

Asakura had a height advantage of 2 inches over Suzuki.

Asakura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 4 months earlier than Suzuki, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 10 more professional rounds, 45 to Suzuki's 35.

Asakura vs Suzuki form

Asakura 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 lost to 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.

Previous to that, he had won against Satoshi Yamasu at RIZIN 26 on 31st December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Yutaka Saito at RIZIN 25 on 21st November 2020 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka.

Before that, he had beaten Daniel Salas at RIZIN 21 on 22nd February 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu.

He had defeated John Teixeira at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

Asakura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Suzuki's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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