Kai Asakura (21-6, 15) was born in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan on October 31, 1993. At the age of 18 years on September 16, 2012, he made his professional MMA debut against Tomoya Suzuki, winning the fight via 1st-round choke-out.
On December 7, 2024, 31-year old Kai Asakura made his UFC debut on his 26th professional MMA fight at UFC 310 against a 34-year old Alexandre Pantoja but lost the fight via choke-out in the 2nd round.
Asakura's last fight was a 2nd-round submission loss to Tim Elliott at UFC 319 at age 31 on August 16, 2025. He is on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought twice in the UFC, and has a record of 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Kai Asakura's best fights have been against Hiromasa Ougikubo, Juan Archuleta, Kyoji Horiguchi, Ulka Sasaki, Shooto Watanabe, Alateng Heili and Manel Kape.
Asakura has 6 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27  | Aug 16, 2025 31 years, 9 months 21-6 (15) | 38 years, 7 months 20-13-1 (8) | UFC | FL | 2 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke |
26  | Dec 7, 2024 31 years, 1 months 21-5 (15) | 34 years, 7 months 28-5 (17) | UFC | FL | 2 | CKO | LOSS Rear-naked choke For UFC flyweight title |
25  | Dec 31, 2023 30 years, 2 months 21-4 (15) | 36 years, 3 months 29-4 (12) | Rizin | BT | 2 | TKO | WIN Knee to the body and punches Won Rizin bantamweight title |
24 | May 6, 2023 29 years, 6 months 20-4 (14) | Yuki Motoya | Rizin | BT | 3 | KO | WIN Knee to the body |
23  | Dec 31, 2021 28 years, 2 months 19-4 (13) | 34 years, 8 months 24-5-2 (6) | Rizin | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
22 | Dec 31, 2021 28 years, 2 months 19-3 (13) | Kenta Takizawa | Rizin | BT | 3 | UD | WIN |
21 | Sep 19, 2021 27 years, 10 months 18-3 (13) | Alan Yamaniha | Rizin | BT | 3 | UD | WIN |
20  | Jun 13, 2021 27 years, 7 months 17-3 (13) | 32 years, 3 months 22-5-6 (14) | Rizin | BT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
19  | Dec 31, 2020 27 years, 2 months 16-3 (12) | 30 years, 2 months 28-3 (17) | Rizin | BT | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches Lost Rizin bantamweight title |
18 | Sep 27, 2020 26 years, 10 months 16-2 (12) | Shoji Maruyama | Rizin | BT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches and soccer kick |
17 | Aug 10, 2020 26 years, 9 months 15-2 (11) | 33 years, 4 months 20-4-2 (6) | Rizin | BT | 1 | KO | WIN Knee and soccer kicks Won Rizin bantamweight title |
16  | Dec 31, 2019 26 years, 2 months 14-2 (10) | 26 years, 1 months 14-4 (12) | Rizin | BT | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches For Rizin bantamweight title |
15  | Oct 12, 2019 25 years, 11 months 14-1 (10) | 30 years 22-7-2 (13) | Rizin | BT | 1 | TKO | WIN Broken jaw |
14 | Aug 18, 2019 25 years, 9 months 13-1 (9) | 28 years, 10 months 28-2 (17) | Rizin | BT | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
13 | Dec 30, 2018 25 years, 1 months 12-1 (8) | Moon Jae-hoon | Rizin | BT | 3 | UD | WIN |
12 | Sep 30, 2018 24 years, 11 months 11-1 (8) | Topnoi Kiwram | Rizin | FL | 3 | UD | WIN |
11 | May 6, 2018 24 years, 6 months 10-1 (8) | 24 years, 5 months 11-2 (10) | Rizin | FL | 3 | SD | WIN |
10 | Dec 29, 2017 24 years, 1 months 9-1 (8) | Kizaemon Saiga | Rizin | FL | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches and knee |
9 | Jun 10, 2017 23 years, 7 months 8-1 (7) | Moon Jae-hoon | FL | 3 | KO | LOSS Punches | |
8  | Mar 11, 2017 23 years, 4 months 8-0 (7) | 25 years, 2 months 10-6-1 (5) | FL | 1 | KO | WIN Knee and punches | |
7 | Sep 4, 2016 22 years, 10 months 7-0 (6) | Yoichi Oi | FL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches Won Rings 60kg flyweight title | |
6 | Jul 2, 2016 22 years, 8 months 6-0 (5) | Liu Xiaoyang | FL | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
5 | Dec 13, 2015 22 years, 1 months 5-0 (4) | Kwak Jong-hyun | FL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
4 | Sep 6, 2015 21 years, 10 months 4-0 (3) | Choi Jung-bin | 1 | SUB | WIN Brabo choke | ||
3 | Jul 19, 2015 21 years, 8 months 3-0 (2) | Keigo Takayama | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
2 | May 17, 2015 21 years, 6 months 2-0 (1) | Satoru Date | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
1 | Sep 16, 2012 18 years, 10 months 1-0 (0) | Tomoya Suzuki | DEEP | 1 | CKO | WIN Armbar |
