In the 11th bout on the card at UFC Fight Night “Nurmagomedov vs. Song” (August 29, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, China), Kai Asakura (32) faced local Chinese fighter Aori Chiron (33) in a bantamweight matchup and won by TKO 34 seconds into Round 2. It’s his second straight win following his first UFC victory this past May, and his momentum since joining the promotion is drawing attention. On 5channel threads, opinions split over how to rate the opponent’s skill and the quality of the fight, while comparisons to his brother Mikuru Asakura’s ability and an eye-poke incident during the bout also became hot topics.
MMA event “UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song” (the 29th, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, China) — 11th bout, bantamweight match
Kai Asakura (32, JAPAN TOP TEAM), who fought in the card’s 11th bout, took on China’s own Aori Chiron (33) and won by TKO 34 seconds into Round 2.
Following his first UFC win this past May, he’s now put together a solid two-fight winning streak.
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His post-fight comments crack me up too lol lol lol
Chinchirorin (a dice-gambling game — riffing off the "chiro" sound)
Guess it really does say "Aori, ex-Chiron"
Looked at the thread title's "Aori, ex-Chiron" — what's with the "ex"?
Oh, it's just "Aori Chiron"
Yeah, my bad, typo'd it
Nobody's even talking about it
Guess all the buzz right now is really on Mikuru Asakura vs. Shinya Aoki
But there's not even a real debate about who wins that one
Mikuru cruises to an easy win
But his defense is pretty leaky — take one clean shot and it's over
Was the weight cut really that brutal?
Figured if he's cutting below his natural weight, sheer strength alone would carry him through
4-5 in the UFC — if he were actually weak, they wouldn't keep booking him for that many fights
Yeah, otherwise you get cut fast
Japanese UFC fighters before him have kept getting cut too
The UFC keeps rebooking you even after a loss if you put on a good fight
The younger brother's stronger
Though the older brother's way more famous
Still, if you brought him back to RIZIN he'd blast guys like Naoki Inoue or Shinryu clean out for a KO
But there was no need to claw at him with his fingers out like that while breaking away — the guy ended up with a scratch right near his eye from it
No reason to break apart with his hand clawed like that
Tsuruya, meanwhile, dominated by sticking to the game plan from the opening bell
Content-wise, Tsuruya's performance was the better one
If Tsuruya fought Kai he'd get beaten to a pulp and lose
Nothing but a future of getting wrecked, like Yuruka Sasaki was after coming back from the UFC
You're talking like an expert, but that wasn't "thumbing" — it's called an eye poke (two overlapping MMA foul terms, but "eye poke" is the accurate call here)
The impact sound was insane, like a real *crack!*
Can't wait to see what's next from him
Why doesn't Kyoma Akimoto ever throw low kicks, calf kicks, or high kicks?
Even without trying to drop the guy, mixing in the occasional low kick alone would make his punches land more
Since he never kicks, opponents just walk right into punching range without a care
The overall level's been raised massively by RIZIN and Breaking Down
Lol
No way, no way (lol)
Guys like Mecha-kun (a Breaking Down fighter's nickname) seem like they'd get popular
That's embarrassing
Don't even joke about that
Well, that's more on the UFC's matchmaking than on Asakura himself though
Well, he got the super-VIP treatment of a title shot right in his debut, but he never once won at flyweight, so even back at his natural bantamweight there's no way they're throwing him straight at a ranked guy
Background and Talking Points
Kai Asakura, known along with his older brother Mikuru as part of a fighting family, built his résumé in RIZIN before joining the UFC this past May, and this marks his second straight win since then. The UFC generally builds fighters up by matching them against other unranked opponents first, and within the thread there were comments noting that “the opponent’s overall UFC record is 4-5, so he’s not that weak” and “even a loss doesn’t rule out getting rebooked if the fight looks good” — opinions split not just over who won, but over how to weigh the opponent’s caliber and the quality of the fight itself. One reply also corrected the contact that occurred mid-fight, noting that the accurate term is “eye poke” rather than “thumbing” — a distinction in foul terminology that’s easy for readers to mix up. Combined with the fact that the bout took place on the opponent’s home turf, the discussion ended up split over how to rate both the opponent and Asakura’s performance.
This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[MMA/UFC] Kai Asakura Scores a Shocking Round 2 TKO on Enemy Turf — Crushes Local Chinese Fighter Aori “Ex”-Chiron for Second Straight Bantamweight Win.”
