Rizin’s closing present of the 12 months Rizin 49: Decade is about to go down later right now on the Saitama Tremendous Area. The present goes to characteristic 21 matches (17 with MMA guidelines, three with kickboxing guidelines, and one exhibition standing guidelines bout).
Three of the principle card matches will characteristic title defenses.
Rizin 49: Decade Title Matches
The primary of these three fights will see Rizin light-weight champion Roberto “Satoshi” de Souza (17-3) taking up former Rizin featherweight champion Vugar Karamov (20-5). This will likely be his fourth protection.
The co-main occasion of Rizin 49: Decade will see former Bellator and Rizin bantamweight champion Kyoji Horiguchi (33-5, 1 NC) make his first protection of the Rizin flyweight championship. He takes on South Africa’s Nkazimulo Zulu (16-6-1) who’s the EFC flyweight champion.
The principle occasion of Rizin 49: Decade will see featherweight champion Chihiro Suzuki (13-3, 1 NC) attempt to take again a loss (that was was a no-contest) from the jiu-jitsu demon Kleber Koike (33-7-1, 1 NC). Their first battle Koike missed weight and he submitted Suzuki with an armbar. As Koike was champion on the time, Rizin guidelines dictate if you happen to miss weight and win, it’s deemed a no contest.
Suzuki’s rise in Rizin is one thing out of a film that may encourage many individuals.
Different Matches On Rizin 49: Decade
A number of the different marquee matches will characteristic former UFC fighter Jose “Shorty” Torres (12-3-1) taking up former CFFC flyweight champion Makoto “Shinryu” (18-3-1, 1 NC). Throwing himself straight into fireplace identical to his dad, Taisei Sakuraba (debut), son of MMA legend Kazushi, will tackle Rizin journeyman Yusuke Yachi (27-14).
There will even be the finals of the Rizin Koshien Match. A event that appears to search out younger and proficient MMA fighters in highschool. The 2 finalists, 18-year-old Sanou Yokouchi (0-1 AMMY) will tackle 16-year-old Kenshin Saito (debut).
In fact, it wouldn’t be a Rizin card if there was an absurd freakshow battle. The principle occasion of the Rizin Bangaichi portion will characteristic former Okay-1 champion Rukiya Anpo taking up Okay-1 cruiserweight Sina Karimian in a Rizin particular standing bout guidelines. Anpo weighed in at 179 lbs. Karimian weighed in at 215 lbs.
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Now we have written a useful information on the methods to observe Rizin 49: Decade. You’ll be able to see the information right here. You can even see the totally different occasions that the present will air courtesy of Rizin’s English Twitter account.
For anybody outdoors Japan, you’re going to need to go to Rizin.television to observe. English commentary by Michael Schiavello and Damien Brown will likely be supplied and each will likely be ringside.
#RIZIN_DECADE ⚡️ #RIZIN49 📝 #FIGHTORDER Official Bout Order Introduced 📝
👑 Featherweight Title Match⑭ Chihiro Suzuki 🆚 Kleber Koike 👑 Flyweight Title Match⑬ Kyoji Horiguchi 🆚 Nkazimulo Zulu 👑 Light-weight Title Match⑫ Roberto “Satoshi” Souza 🆚 Vugar Karamov… pic.twitter.com/i9a161EMiO
— RIZIN.television (@RIZINTV_) December 25, 2024
Rizin 49: Decade Outcomes
Present begin: (11 pm ET/8 pm PT, Rizin.television)
Rizin 49: Decade Most important Occasion: Chihiro Suzuki (c) vs Kleber Koike (FW championship)Co-Most important Occasion: Kyoji Horiguchi (c) vs Nkazimulo Zulu (FLW championship)Roberto Satoshi de Souza (c) vs Vugar Karamov (LW championship)Seika Izawa vs Lucia Apdelgarim (non-title match)Yuki Motoya vs Kyoma AkimotoYuta Kubo vs Razhabali ShaydullaevKarshyga Dautbek def. YA-MAN by way of unanimous decisionRyuya Fukuda def. Ryusei Ashizawa by way of TKO (punches) in 54 seconds of Spherical 1Mikio Ueda def. Tae-in Kim by way of TKO (knee) in Spherical 3Jose Torres def. Makoto Shinryu by way of cut up decisionTaisei Sakuraba def. Yusuke Yachi by way of KO (punch) in 26 seconds of Spherical 1Koji Takeda def. Suguru Nii by way of unanimous technical resolution in 4:09 of Spherical 3Ed Polo King def. Takakenshin by way of TKO (punches) in 3:22 of Spherical 1Genji Umeno def. Taiga by way of unanimous decisionSanou Yokouchi def. Kenshin Saito (RIZIN Koshien Remaining) by way of submission (rear-naked choke) in 3:03 of Spherical 1Rukiya Anpo def. Sina Karimian (Standing Guidelines Bout 2 min x 6R) by way of unanimous resolution (60-54, 60-54, 60-54)Sho Patrick Usami def. Issa Hosokawa (OFG Kickboxing) by way of TKO (physique punch) in 2:59 of Spherical 2Tatsuki Shinotsuka def. Aoi Noda (OFG Kickboxing) by way of TKO (3 Knockdowns) in 2:07 of Spherical 1Daichi Tomizawa def. Kota Miura (Particular MMA guidelines 5 min x 2 R) by way of KO (knee) in 1:53 of Spherical 1Taio Asahisa def. YURA (Kickboxing) by way of unanimous resolution (28-25, 28-25, 28-25)Hyuma Yasui def. Kurobarakun (Hiroaki Suzuki) by way of unanimous decisionHiroto Gomyo def. Koki “Playboi” Akada by way of cut up resolution
