Kai Asakura is a pro mma fighter from Japan. He rise to fame as mma star from Rizin FF promotion. In June 2024, it's confirmed that he signed new deal with UFC promotion and get's debut title fight opponent Alexandre Pantoja in UFC 310 ppv card.
"Kai Asakura purse will be more compare to other UFC fighters who make debut, he will earn guaranteed money upto $500k for fight and his earnings at UFC 310 reached maximum to $1.68m based on $100k win bonus, $32k sponsorship money, $1 million based on ppv revenue share and $50k from performance bonuses. In case if he lost the debut fight, he only $100k win bonus prize money else he make from sponsorship, performance bonus and ppv money guaranteed on fight day at UFC 310".
Before joining UFC promotion, he dominate some of the best fighters in Rizin FF. He become two time Rizin bantamweight champion. This upcoming weekend he got huge oppertunity to become the new UFC flyweight champion.