Kai Asakura has announced a bit of a switch in the weight category he aims to fight in, and a former UFC competitor got in a dig at the former Rizin champion in the process. After a bit of an inauspicious start to his UFC tenure, Asakura will be moving from flyweight up to bantamweight as he recently announced on his personal YouTube channel.
Touching up on his intentions to move back to 135 pounds, a division where he captured Rizin gold on two occasions, Asakura said [via MMA News],
“I’m going to move up a weight class, so I’m going to have to prepare properly and get my body in shape again.