Naoki Inoue received a cut up resolution over Yuki Motoya to defend his bantamweight title in the primary occasion of RIZIN’s fiftieth card Sunday in Kagawa, Japan.
Inoue put his belt on the road for the primary time after profitable it with a fast stoppage over Soo Chul Kim in September, and managed Motoya with fast and exact combos on the ft, utilizing largely jabs. Motoya tried to actual revenge with a guillotine choke, however Inoue escaped to return to his ft and once more management the stand-up.
Inoue, who tapped Motoya with a rear-naked choke in simply three minutes after they met again in December of 2020, open a reduce proper subsequent to Motoya’s left eye. Motoya wanted a end within the third spherical and went for a single leg takedown, managing to get Inoue on the bottom to work on floor and pound and a number of submission makes an attempt. With seconds left on the clock, Motoya let go of the submission to rain down punches earlier than the ultimate bell rang.
Ultimately, the brother of UFC strawweight Mizuki Inoue retained his belt regardless of having his proper eye shut in the long run, and apologized to the gang for his efficiency throughout his post-fight interview.
“I’m sorry for the subpar efficiency,” Inoue mentioned via a translator after the victory. “As you possibly can see I couldn’t see out of my eye. I’ll proceed to evolve and be a champion who can end fights.”
Within the co-main occasion, Kazakhstani featherweight improved his profitable streak to 10 with an in depth, hard-fought cut up resolution victory over former RIZIN champion Chihiro Suzuki.
The earlier match had Shunta Nomura win a technical resolution after an unintentional conflict of heads with Luiz Gustavo. The cageside physician determined to finish the bout midway via the ultimate rounds as a result of reduce and bleeding, going to the judges’ scorecards.
The early portion of the cardboard had a number of violent finishes, like King Edkpolo smashing Ryo Sakai from again mount and a pair of sub-minute knockouts for Shuya Kimura and Kyohei Hagiwara.
Examine the whole RIZIN 50 outcomes beneath.
- Naoki Inoue def. Yuki Motoya through cut up resolution
- Karshyga Dautbek def. Chihiro Suzuki through cut up resolution
- Shunta Nomura def. Luiz Gustavo through technical resolution — Spherical 3, 2:29
- King Edkpolo def. Ryo Sakai through TKO (punches) — Spherical 2, 2:32
- Kyohei Hagiwara def. Toby Misech through TKO (punches) — Spherical 1, 0:26
- Shuya Kimura def. Takeji Yokoyama through KO (punches) — Spherical 1, 0:54
- Yuki Ito def. Tony Laramie through unanimous resolution
- Yoshiro Maeda def. Sanou Yokouchi through submission (rear-naked choke) — Spherical 3, 2:55
- Takeshi Izumi def. Spike Carlyle through unanimous resolution
- Machi Fukuda def. Search engine optimization Younger Park through TKO (punches) — Spherical 2, 4:04
- Haruo Ochi def. Nobuyoshi Nakatsukasa through submission (guillotine choke) — Spherical 3, 1:23
- Mamoru Uoi def. Koki Akada through cut up resolution
- Hiroki Takaoka def. Seiya Ameyama through submission (rear-naked choke) — Spherical 2, 3:04
