Rizin’s remaining present of the 12 months Rizin 49: Decade is ready to go down later in the present day 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 primary 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 over 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 primary occasion of Rizin 49: Decade will see featherweight champion Chihiro Suzuki (13-3, 1 NC) attempt to take again a loss (that was changed into 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 for those who 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 over former CFFC flyweight champion Makoto “Shinryu” (18-3-1, 1 NC). Throwing himself straight into hearth similar to his dad, Taisei Sakuraba (debut), son of MMA legend Kazushi, will tackle Rizin journeyman Yusuke Yachi (27-14).
There may also be the finals of the Rizin Koshien Event. A event that appears to seek out younger and gifted 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 primary occasion of the Rizin Bangaichi portion will characteristic former Ok-1 champion Rukiya Anpo taking over Ok-1 cruiserweight Sina Karimian in a Rizin particular standing bout guidelines. Anpo weighed in at 179 lbs. Karimian weighed in at 215 lbs.
The way to Watch
We now have written a useful information on the methods to observe Rizin 49: Decade. You’ll be able to see the information right here. You may as well see the completely different instances that the present will air courtesy of Rizin’s English Twitter account.
For anybody exterior 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 Essential Occasion: Chihiro Suzuki (c) vs Kleber Koike (FW championship)Co-Essential 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 ShaydullaevYA-MAN vs Karshyga DautbekRyuya Fukuda vs Ryusei AshizawaMikio Ueda vs Tae-in KimMakoto Shinryu vs Jose TorresYusuke Yachi vs Taisei SakurabaKoji Takeda vs Suguru NiiTakakenshin vs Ed Polo KingTaiga vs Genji UmenoSanou Yokouchi def. Kenshin Saito (RIZIN Koshien Remaining) by way of submission (rear-naked choke) in Spherical 1Rukiya Anpo def. Sina Karimian (Standing Guidelines Bout 2 min x 6R) by way of unanimous determination (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 determination (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 break up determination
