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Kai Asakura
JapanFlyweightActiveage 32
22-6
79% win rate
W1 streak
Peak Vertex
2026-05-30 → 2026-05-307held 3 bouts
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2026-05-30
Retired at career peak
Upcoming
Scheduled and newly announced fights. Announced bouts are reported bookings not yet on the official card.
- UFC Shanghai2026-08-29Bantamweight
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Title
1 win2 losseslast 5: W L Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(3) | R2(2) | R3 | R4 | R5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 16.8 | 7.8 | — | — | — |
| Sig Str absorbed | 18.4 | 7.1 | — | — | — |
| Takedowns landed | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
| Takedowns absorbed | 1.00 | 1.74 | — | — | — |
| Control time | 0:11 | 0:00 | — | — | — |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- Sherdog
Kai Asakura is primed to build on his recent momentum when he faces Qileng Aori at UFC Shanghai on August 29.
- Sherdog
Bantamweight Kai Asakura believes he has found his ideal weight class after a dominant UFC Macau debut.
- MMA Fighting
Kai Asakura announced his return to the UFC in emphatic fashion at UFC Macau, capturing his first octagon victory with a spectacular first-round knockout of Cameron Smotherman in a bantamweight contest.
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
