RIZIN light-weight champion Roberto Satoshi will return to the ring on the RIZIN 42 card on Could 5, the corporate introduced Monday. The road-up may also embrace John Dodson, Juan Archuleta and Kai Asakura.
Satoshi, who misplaced a choice in a non-title conflict with Bellator star A.J. McKee this previous December, is slated to face UFC veteran Spike Carlyle in a non-championship bout on the Tokyo Ariake Enviornment in Tokyo, Japan. Carlyle, who additionally misplaced to McKe in his most up-to-date battle and went 1-2 beneath the UFC banner, tapped Koji Takeda in his sole RIZIN contest.
The promotion additionally revealed the opponent for Archuleta, saying that the previous Bellator bantamweight champion will fly again to Japan to battle Naoki Inoue. Archuleta was on the five-fight Bellator-RIZIN problem in December, incomes a break up choice over Soo Chul Kim. Inoue, who had a brief run within the UFC between 2017 and 2018, stopped Kenta Takizawa on the identical evening.
Dodson will re-enter the RIZIN ring after one other victorious cease within the bare-knuckle world, knocking out Jarod Grant in beneath two minutes this previous February. Dodson completed Hideo Tokoro through first-round knockout in his RIZIN debut in December. Tatsuki Saomoto, his opponent, is using a 14-fight profitable streak courting again to 2016.
Asakura, a former 135-pound champion in RIZIN, is slated to fulfill Yuki Motoya. Asakura will attempt to rebound from dropping a choice to Hiromasa Ougikubo within the one-night bantamweight in December 2021, whereas Motoya seems to go 6-0 in simply over two years, having stopped UFC veteran Rogerio Bontorin in his most up-to-date exhibiting.
Verify the whole RIZIN 42 card under.
Kai Asakura vs. Yuki MotoyaNaoki Inoue vs. Juan ArchuletaRoberto Satoshi vs. Spike CarlyleSeika Izawa vs. Miyu YamamotoKouta Miura vs. YA-MAN — customized rulesYuryuka Sasaki vs. Boyd AllenJohn Dodson vs. Kiyo SaomotoTakashi Soya vs. Ramazan TemirovHiroki Ito vs. Arsen YamamotoTakuya Yamamoto vs. Takeshi Yokoyama
