BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » mikuru asakura https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Super RIZIN 4 results: Mikuru Asakura gets revenge on Kleber Koike, Shunta Nomura beats Patricky Pitbull to set up title fight https://www.badmma.com/super-rizin-4-results-mikuru-asakura-gets-revenge-on-kleber-koike-shunta-nomura-beats-patricky-pitbull-to-set-up-title-fight.html https://www.badmma.com/super-rizin-4-results-mikuru-asakura-gets-revenge-on-kleber-koike-shunta-nomura-beats-patricky-pitbull-to-set-up-title-fight.html#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2025 17:30:00 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/super-rizin-4-results-mikuru-asakura-gets-revenge-on-kleber-koike-shunta-nomura-beats-patricky-pitbull-to-set-up-title-fight.html Mikuru Asakura | Photo via RIZIN Japanese star Mikuru Asakura had the last laugh in the main event of Super RIZIN 4 with a decision victory over former champion Kleber Koike this Sunday in Saitama, Japan. The two met in a key featherweight bout and Asakura, who was choked out by the Brazilian back in 2021, had the better start this time around as Koike was unable to keep him on the ground. Koike relied on guard pulls going forward, but Asakura was the aggressor.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/super-rizin-4-results-mikuru-asakura-gets-revenge-on-kleber-koike-shunta-nomura-beats-patricky-pitbull-to-set-up-title-fight.html/feed 0 Kleber Koike: RIZIN star Mikuru Asakura in for a shock if he thinks ‘I’m more fragile’ after knockout loss https://www.badmma.com/kleber-koike-rizin-star-mikuru-asakura-in-for-a-shock-if-he-thinks-im-more-fragile-after-knockout-loss.html https://www.badmma.com/kleber-koike-rizin-star-mikuru-asakura-in-for-a-shock-if-he-thinks-im-more-fragile-after-knockout-loss.html#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/kleber-koike-rizin-star-mikuru-asakura-in-for-a-shock-if-he-thinks-im-more-fragile-after-knockout-loss.html Kleber Koike chokes out Mikuru Asakura in 2021 | Photo via RIZIN Mikuru Asakura is one of the biggest stars in Japanese MMA in recent years, and Kleber Koike wants to once again ruin his night at RIZIN. The Brazilian fighter, although a former champion in KSW, was not a known commodity when he joined RIZIN in 2020. Asakura, already 8-1 in the promotion at the time, was left unconscious when he met the jiu-jitsu ace in the main event of RIZIN 28 at the iconic Tokyo Dome.

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Kleber Koike: RIZIN star Mikuru Asakura in for a shock if he thinks ‘I’m more fragile’ after knockout loss – MMA Fighting

]]> https://www.badmma.com/kleber-koike-rizin-star-mikuru-asakura-in-for-a-shock-if-he-thinks-im-more-fragile-after-knockout-loss.html/feed 0 RIZIN announces flyweight, heavyweight grand prix fights for July event https://www.badmma.com/rizin-announces-flyweight-heavyweight-grand-prix-fights-for-july-event-3.html https://www.badmma.com/rizin-announces-flyweight-heavyweight-grand-prix-fights-for-july-event-3.html#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2025 01:00:01 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/rizin-announces-flyweight-heavyweight-grand-prix-fights-for-july-event-3.html Jose Torres will face Hiromasa Ougikubo later this month | Photo via RIZIN UFC veteran Jose Torres will face Hiromasa Ougikubo in the opening round of the RIZIN flyweight grand prix on July 27, the promotion announced Thursday. The draw for the 125-pound tournament was streamed live from Japan and unveiled the five matches that will be featured on the Super RIZIN 4 card in Saitama, Japan, later this month

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/rizin-announces-flyweight-heavyweight-grand-prix-fights-for-july-event-3.html/feed 0 RIZIN free fight: After shaky start, Floyd Mayweather blasts Mikuru Asakura with right hand https://www.badmma.com/rizin-free-fight-after-shaky-start-floyd-mayweather-blasts-mikuru-asakura-with-right-hand.html https://www.badmma.com/rizin-free-fight-after-shaky-start-floyd-mayweather-blasts-mikuru-asakura-with-right-hand.html#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:17:04 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/rizin-free-fight-after-shaky-start-floyd-mayweather-blasts-mikuru-asakura-with-right-hand.html Floyd Mayweather remains undefeated, even after ending his professional boxing career. Mayweather retired from boxing in 2017, but as he likes to say, he didn’t retire from entertainment. The former boxing champion has kept busy with exhibition matches, with his latest being under the Rizin FF banner in Japan

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/rizin-free-fight-after-shaky-start-floyd-mayweather-blasts-mikuru-asakura-with-right-hand.html/feed 0 Floyd Mayweather, 45 years young, knocks out Mikuru Asakura in Super RIZIN headliner https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-45-years-young-knocks-out-mikuru-asakura-in-super-rizin-headliner.html https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-45-years-young-knocks-out-mikuru-asakura-in-super-rizin-headliner.html#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2022 07:36:44 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-45-years-young-knocks-out-mikuru-asakura-in-super-rizin-headliner.html Floyd Mayweather is 45. He could probably do this when he’s 75. The unbeaten Hall of Famer knocked out Mikuru Asakura in the second round of a scheduled three-round exhibition in the Super RIZIN headliner in Saitama, Japan. The 30-year-old Japanese mixed martial artist was game and had his moments, landing a few eye-catching punches. However, no MMA fighter has the boxing skills to compete on an even level with one of the greatest practitioners of the sweet science, even one who’s in his mid-40s

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-45-years-young-knocks-out-mikuru-asakura-in-super-rizin-headliner.html/feed 0 Floyd Mayweather, 45 years young, knocks out Mikuru Asakura in Super RIZIN headliner https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-45-years-young-knocks-out-mikuru-asakura-in-super-rizin-headliner.html https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-45-years-young-knocks-out-mikuru-asakura-in-super-rizin-headliner.html#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2022 07:36:44 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-45-years-young-knocks-out-mikuru-asakura-in-super-rizin-headliner.html Floyd Mayweather is 45. He could probably do this when he’s 75. The unbeaten Hall of Famer knocked out Mikuru Asakura in the second round of a scheduled three-round exhibition in the Super RIZIN headliner in Saitama, Japan. The 30-year-old Japanese mixed martial artist was game and had his moments, landing a few eye-catching punches.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-45-years-young-knocks-out-mikuru-asakura-in-super-rizin-headliner.html/feed 0 VIDEO: Floyd Mayweather’s bodyguard shoves RIZIN opponent Mikuru Asakura during faceoff https://www.badmma.com/video-floyd-mayweathers-bodyguard-shoves-rizin-opponent-mikuru-asakura-during-faceoff.html https://www.badmma.com/video-floyd-mayweathers-bodyguard-shoves-rizin-opponent-mikuru-asakura-during-faceoff.html#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:58:46 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/video-floyd-mayweathers-bodyguard-shoves-rizin-opponent-mikuru-asakura-during-faceoff.html Things are heating up between Floyd Mayweather and Mikuru Asakura . The two fighters had a tense staredown following a press conference on Tuesday in Hawaii promoting their upcoming boxing exhibition bout. Mayweather and Asakura are scheduled to clash at Rizin 38 on Sept. 25 in Japan

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/video-floyd-mayweathers-bodyguard-shoves-rizin-opponent-mikuru-asakura-during-faceoff.html/feed 0 Floyd Mayweather uber-confident ahead of return vs. Mikuru Asakura: ‘I’m on a different level. I’m special’ https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-uber-confident-ahead-of-return-vs-mikuru-asakura-im-on-a-different-level-im-special.html https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-uber-confident-ahead-of-return-vs-mikuru-asakura-im-on-a-different-level-im-special.html#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:20:02 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-uber-confident-ahead-of-return-vs-mikuru-asakura-im-on-a-different-level-im-special.html Floyd Mayweather ’s post-professional career exhibition-tour continues, and so does his unmatched confidence. A multiple time boxing world champion and Hall of Famer, Mayweather is scheduled to return to the ring in September for RIZIN. He’ll take on Japanese MMA star Mikuru Asakura in an exhibition fight. The bout marks the third exhibition contest Mayweather has competed in, as he previously boxed Tenshin Nasukawa at RIZIN in 2018 and YouTuber Logan Paul in 2020. And once again, Mayweather is unfazed by his foe.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-uber-confident-ahead-of-return-vs-mikuru-asakura-im-on-a-different-level-im-special.html/feed 0 Photos: Floyd Mayweather vs. Mikuru Asakura press conference https://www.badmma.com/photos-floyd-mayweather-vs-mikuru-asakura-press-conference.html https://www.badmma.com/photos-floyd-mayweather-vs-mikuru-asakura-press-conference.html#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2022 23:06:49 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/photos-floyd-mayweather-vs-mikuru-asakura-press-conference.html Check out these photos from the Floyd Mayweather vs. Mikuru Asakura pre-fight news conference, which took place Monday in Las Vegas. (Photos courtesy of RIZIN)

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/photos-floyd-mayweather-vs-mikuru-asakura-press-conference.html/feed 0 Floyd Mayweather returns to Japan to face MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura in Rizin exhibition bout https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-returns-to-japan-to-face-mma-fighter-mikuru-asakura-in-rizin-exhibition-bout.html https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-returns-to-japan-to-face-mma-fighter-mikuru-asakura-in-rizin-exhibition-bout.html#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2022 03:14:55 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/floyd-mayweather-returns-to-japan-to-face-mma-fighter-mikuru-asakura-in-rizin-exhibition-bout.html Floyd Mayweather is returning to Japan for his next exhibition boxing bout, and this time he will be taking on an MMA fighter. As announced during a press conference on Monday, the boxing legend Mayweather will take on Japan’s Mikuru Asakura , who has spent the majority of his professional MMA career fighting in Rizin. The bout will take place in September in Japan under the Rizin banner, with more details to be announced soon. The event will be broadcast on the newly announced Rizin Fight Pass. ” Floyd Mayweather vs

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