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RIZIN announces flyweight, heavyweight grand prix fights for July event

July 5, 2025 3 Min Read
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UFC veteran Jose Torres will face Hiromasa Ougikubo within the opening spherical of the RIZIN flyweight grand prix on July 27, the promotion introduced Thursday.

The draw for the 125-pound match was streamed stay from Japan and unveiled the 5 matches that will likely be featured on the Tremendous RIZIN 4 card in Saitama, Japan, later this month.

Torres (13-4-1) beat Makoto Shinryu in his RIZIN debut late final 12 months, whereas Ougikubo (27-8-2) seems for one more match championship after dominating the RIZIN bantamweight grand prix in 2021 with wins over Naoki Inoue and Kai Asakura.

Alibek Gadzhammatov (5-0) is on a roll after knocking out Daichi Kitakata in his promotional debut this previous November and hopes to maintain the momentum going when he faces Takaki Soya (13-6-1), who captured a choice victory over former UFC title contender John Dodson in his most up-to-date look.

Nkazimulo Zulu (16-7-1), who challenged Kyoji Horiguchi for the RIZIN belt in 2024, will meet Yuki Ito (18-6) to advance within the match. Fellow ex-title contender Makoto Shinryu (19-4-1, 1 no contest) will face Erson Yamamoto (5-7).

The fifth match introduced for the grand prix places Yuki Motoya (37-13) towards Hiroya (11-13-1). Motoya is likely one of the most skilled fighters on the sector with greater than 20 appearances in RIZIN, whereas Hiroya seems for his third victory in a row.

RIZIN additionally revealed the second spherical of the heavyweight grand prix with former Bellator fighter Jose Augusto taking over Marek Samociuk, whereas Mikio Ueda battles Dana White’s Contender Sequence veteran Alexander Soldatkin.

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Tremendous RIZIN 4 will happen on the Saitama Tremendous Area with ex-champion Kleber Koike rematching Mikuru Asakura in the principle occasion. Razhabali Shaidulloev was anticipated to defend his featherweight title on the cardboard, however the promotion was “unable to safe an opponent in time for a title bout.”

Verify the up to date Tremendous RIZIN 4 lineup under.

  • Kleber Koike vs. Mikuru Asakura
  • Naoki Inoue vs. Ryuya Fukuda — for bantamweight title
  • Seika Izawa vs. Yu Jin Shin — for atomweight title
  • Masanori Kanehara vs. YA-MAN
  • Patricky Pitbull vs. Shunta Nomura
  • Ji Yong Yang vs. Tatsuya Ando
  • Moeri Suda vs. Noel
  • Makoto Shinryu vs. Erson Yamamoto — flyweight grand prix
  • Alibek Gadzhammatov vs. Takaki Soya — flyweight grand prix
  • Yuki Ito vs. Nkazimulo Zulu — flyweight grand prix
  • Jose Torres vs. Hiromasa Ougikubo — flyweight grand prix
  • Yuki Motoya vs. Hiroya — flyweight grand prix
  • Jose Augusto vs. Marek Samociuk — heavyweight grand prix
  • Mikio Ueda vs. Alexander Soldatkin — heavyweight grand prix

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