Mikuru Asakura made his Rizin debut on 12th August 2018, during Rizin 12. However, he rebounded with a unanimous decision victory over Kosuke Terashima six months later at DEEP 83 Impact. Īsakura would suffer his first career loss in a surprising unanimous decision to journeyman Kil Woo Lee during Road FC 43. Under the banner off Road Fighting Championship at Road FC 37, Asakura fought Doo Seok Oh, who he beat by TKO in the first round. Asakura would defend his 143-lb title 9 months later at The Outsider 42 against Hiroyuki Furuta before competing in ROAD FC. Four months later in his very next bout at The Outsider 38, Asakura beat Takehiro Higuchi (the sole man to defeat him to that point) to claim the 143 lbs Championship.
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He faced Keinosuke Yoshinaga, whom he defeated TKO in the first round to claim the Outsider 154 lbs Championship in just his 2nd professional bout at The Outsider 26. After a three-year hiatus, Mikuru returned to fight under the Outsider promotion, a spin off of the Fighting Network Rings promotion. Asakura won the bout via TKO within 53 seconds. Mikuru Asakura began his professional career in 2012 under the DEEP promotion, where he faced a fellow debutante Morikazu Itagaki. He would later fight professionally with Outsider.Īfter winning his first amateur bout, against Kohei Shimada, with a first round rear-naked choke, Asakura put together a 6-1 record with 5 stoppages, only losing to Takehiro Higuchi. The Outsider brand was geared towards problematic youth, with focus on rehabilitating delinquents, criminals and gang members with MMA. Mikuru Asakura, as well as his brother Kai, fought their first amateur MMA fights under the Outsider brand of Fighting Network Rings. Mixed martial arts career Amateur career While studying at the Aichi Prefectural Toyohashi Technical High School, the Asakura brothers went to Zen Dokai Toyohashi Dojo, where they were first introduced to mixed martial arts. As they got older, a therapist suggested to their mother to enrol them into boxing classes. Mikuru, along with his brother Kai Asakura, were involved in numerous street fights in their childhood, even fighting each other. Mikuru started his interest in martial arts training karate in elementary school, however he also played volleyball for three years.
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