Japanese star Mikuru Asakura had the final snicker in the principle occasion of Tremendous RIZIN 4 with a call victory over former champion Kleber Koike this Sunday in Saitama, Japan.
The 2 met in a key featherweight bout and Asakura, who was choked out by the Brazilian again in 2021, had the higher begin this time round as Koike was unable to maintain him on the bottom. Koike relied on guard pulls going ahead, however Asakura was the aggressor. Asakura completed sturdy with floor and pound pictures and a flying stomp try, and was declared the winner through cut up determination.
One of many largest names in RIZIN, Asakura now hopes to earn one other title shot after arising quick in earlier makes an attempt in 2020 and 2023, when he misplaced to Yutaka Saito and Vugar Karamov. RIZIN introduced Sunday that the championship will likely be on the road in the principle occasion of RIZIN 51 on Sept. 28, with Rajabali Shaidullaev defending it towards Viktor Kolesnik in Nagoya.
Shunta Nomura defeated former Bellator light-weight champion Patricky Pitbull within the co-main occasion, leaving the Brazilian together with his face coated in blood to seize a call victory. RIZIN champion Roberto Satoshi was watching the motion from ringside and entered the ring to face off with Nomura, and RIZIN president Nobuyuki Sakakibara introduced the title match for RIZIN 51.
The cardboard was anticipated to function a pair of championship matches, however Yu Jin Shin missed weight badly for her shot at atomweight queen Seika Izawa. They agreed to compete up a weight class, and Shin additionally missed that new weight restrict. Izawa nonetheless went on to struggle, and made quick work of the opponent with an arm-triangle choke in simply over two minutes. The opposite title bout went the space, with Naoki Inoue defending his bantamweight throne in a call over Ryuya Fukuda.
Tremendous RIZIN 4 featured the heavyweight grand prix semifinals, with Marek Samociuk and Alexander Soldatkin advancing to the ultimate. Samociuk gained a call over Bellator veteran Jose Augusto, and Soldatkin knocked out Mikio Ueda within the second spherical.
5 flyweight contests marked the start of the corporate’s grand prix, which can crown a brand new 125-pound titleholder. Hiromasa Ougikubo gained a call over Jose Torres, and Yuki Motoya topped Hiroya in three rounds to advance. The opposite flyweights victorious had been Makoto Takahashi, Alibek Gadzhammatov and Yuki Ito.
Examine the entire Tremendous RIZIN 4 outcomes beneath.
- Mikuru Asakura def. Kleber Koike through cut up determination
- Shunta Nomura def. Patricky Pitbull through unanimous determination
- YA-MAN def. Masanori Kanehara through KO — Spherical 3, 2:51
- Kuoma Akimoto def. Koki Akada through submission (rear-naked choke) — Spherical 1, 2:57
- Naoki Inoue def. Ryuya Fukuda through unanimous determination
- Seika Izawa def. Yu Jin Shin through submission (arm-triangle choke) — Spherical 1, 2:24
- Tatsuya Ando def. Ji Yong Yang through submission (rear-naked choke) — Spherical 2, 3:52
- Moeri Suda def. Noeru Narita through submission (armbar) — Spherical 2, 3:02
- Alexander Soldatkin def. Mikio Ueda through TKO — Spherical 2, 3:05
- Marek Samociuk def. Jose Augusto through unanimous determination
- Makoto Takahashi def. Erson Yamamoto through submission (guillotine choke) — Spherical 1, 2:55
- Alibek Gadzhammatov def. Takaki Soya through TKO — Spherical 3, 2:39
- Yuki Ito def. Nkazimulo Zulu through unanimous determination
- Hiromasa Ougikubo def. Jose Torres through unanimous determination
- Yuki Motoya def. Hiroya through unanimous determination
- Takahiro Ashida def. Naoki Tanaka through unanimous determination
- Satoshi Kamiyama def. Masashi Inada through TKO — Spherical 2, 2:28
- Shogo Kuriaki def. Taiga Kawabe through unanimous determination
