It’s by no means a good suggestion to go to the mat with reigning RIZIN light-weight champion Roberto Satoshi Souza.
Within the first of three world title tilts at RIZIN’s huge New Yr’s Eve occasion contained in the legendary Saitama Tremendous Area, Souza put his gold on the road in opposition to 20-win veteran Vugar Karamov.
It took Souza lower than a spherical to attain the seventeenth end of his profession, catching Karamov with a slick triangle choke and forcing him to faucet out with solely 15 seconds left within the spherical.
Official Outcome: Roberto Satoshi Souza def. Vugar Karamov by way of submission (triangle choke) in Spherical 1 to retain the RIZIN light-weight championship.
With the win, Souza prolonged his unbeaten streak to a few underneath the RIZIN banner and maintained his unbelievable 94% end price. Total, the BJJ black belt is 18-3 in his blended martial arts profession with 11 of his wins coming by the use of submission and one other six by way of KO.
