Rizin Fighting Federation in 2022
2022 in Rizin Fighting Federation
The year 2022 was the eighth year in the history of the Rizin Fighting Federation , a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan .
Rizin events were broadcast through a television agreement with Fuji Television . However, due to several controversies, the promotion would be dropped by the network by May of that year.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
In North America and Europe, Rizin events were available via PPV on LIVENow .[ 4] Super Rizin & Rizin 38 in 2022,[ 5] [ 6] FITE .[ 7]
Background
Nobuyuki Sakakibara announced that Rizin is planning to work in co-promotion with K-1 and RISE to hold an event headlined by between Tenshin Nasukawa and Takeru Segawa . Known as THE MATCH 2022 , the event would be held on June 19, 2022.
List of events
Rizin Fighting Federation
#
Event
Date
Venue
Location
Attendance
1
Rizin Trigger 2
February 23, 2022
Ecopa Arena
Fukuroi , Japan
2
Rizin Landmark 2
March 6, 2022
—
Japan
3
Rizin 34 – Osaka
March 20, 2022
Maruzen Intec Arena
Osaka , Japan
22,449[ 8]
4
Rizin Trigger 3
April 16, 2022
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Chōfu , Japan
6,515[ 9]
5
Rizin 35 - Chōfu
April 17, 2022
8,935[ 9]
6
Rizin Landmark 3
May 5, 2022
—
Japan
7
The Match 2022
June 19, 2022
Tokyo Dome
Tokyo , Japan
56,399[ 10]
8
Rizin 36 - Okinawa
July 2, 2022
Okinawa Arena
Okinawa , Japan
7,264[ 11]
9
Rizin 37 - Saitama
July 31, 2022
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama , Japan
11,166[ 12]
10
Super Rizin & Rizin 38
September 25, 2022
11
Rizin 39
October 23, 2022
Marine Messe Fukuoka
Fukuoka , Japan
12
Rizin Landmark Vol.4
November 6, 2022
Dolphins Arena
Nagoya , Japan
13
Rizin 40: Rizin X Bellator
December 31, 2022
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama , Japan
23,661[ 13]
1 Anastasiya Svetkivska replaced an injured Rena Kubota.[ 14]
Rizin Trigger 2
Rizin Trigger 2 Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on February 23, 2022, at the Ecopa Arena in Fukuroi , Japan .
Background
A featherweight bout between Kleber Koike Erbst and Ulka Sasaki was scheduled as the event headliner.[ 15]
Results
Rizin Trigger 2
Weight Class
Method
Round
T.Time
Notes
Featherweight 66 kg
Kleber Koike Erbst
def.
Ulka Sasaki
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
2
3:22
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
TKO (Knees)
1
4:16
Lightweight 71 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Featherweight 66 kg
def.
TKO (Knees and Punches)
1
0:35
Intermission
Catchweight 73 kg
def.
KO (Punch)
2
3:31
Catchweight 100 kg
def.
TKO (Three Knockdowns)
1
2:38
Kickboxing
Catchweight 62 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Featherweight 66 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
Decision (Split)
3
5:00
Featherweight 65 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Kickboxing
Catchweight 58 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Kickboxing
Catchweight 59 kg
Taiki Sawatani
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Kickboxing
Catchweight 60 kg
def.
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
2
0:13
Kickboxing
Rizin Landmark 2
Rizin Landmark 2 Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on March 6, 2022, in Japan .
Background
A featherweight bout between Chihiro Suziki and the Ren Hiramoto is scheduled as the event headliner.[ 16]
Results
Rizin Landmark 2
Weight Class
Method
Round
T.Time
Notes
Featherweight 66 kg
Chihiro Suzuki
def.
Ren Hiramoto
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Featherweight 66 kg
Hiroaki Suzuki
def.
TKO (Punch and Soccer Kick)
1
1:12
Catchweight 52.5 kg
Nadaka Yoshinari
def.
KO (punch)
2
1:01
Kickboxing
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Catchweight 63 kg
def.
Decision (Split)
3
5:00
Rizin 34 – Osaka Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on March 20, 2022, at the Maruzen Intec Arena in Osaka , Japan .
With this event, Rizin reaches the same total of numbered events as PRIDE FC did at the time of its final show.
Background
A featherweight bout between Satoshi Yamasu and Kyohei Hagiwara was scheduled as the event headliner.[ 17]
A bantamweight kickboxing bout between Taiga Kawabe and Ryo Takahashi was scheduled for the event.[ 18]
Results
Rizin 34
Weight Class
Method
Round
T.Time
Notes
Featherweight 66 kg
def.
Submission (Triangle Choke)
1
3:21
Bantamweight 61 kg
Kouzi
def.
Genji Umeno
Decision (Majority)
3
3:00
Kickboxing
Catchweight 68 kg
def.
Daisuke Nakamura
Decision (Split)
3
5:00
Welterweight 77 kg
Daichi Abe
def.
Kiichi Kunimoto
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Flyweight 57 kg
Daichi Kitakata
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Lightweight 71 kg
def.
Decision (Split)
3
5:00
Intermission
Bantamweight 61 kg
Taiga Kawabe
-
Draw (Majority)
3
3:00
Kickboxing
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
2
3:25
Flyweight 57 kg
def.
Decision (Split)
3
5:00
Catchweight 60 kg
def.
KO (Punches)
1
0:54
Lightweight 70 kg
def.
TKO (Referee Stoppage)
2
2:51
Kickboxing
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
TKO (Referee Stoppage)
1
2:24
Kickboxing
Catchweight 53 kg
-
Jin Mandokoro
No Contest (Ankle Injury)
3
1:30
Kickboxing
Catchweight 63 kg
def.
TKO (Soccer kick)
1
2:07
Catchweight 63 kg
def.
TKO (3 Knockdowns)
1
2:52
Kickboxing
Lightweight 70 kg
def.
TKO (Referee Stoppage)
1
1:53
Kickboxing
Opening Fight
Catchweight 60 kg
def.
TKO (Referee Stoppage)
1
2:15
Kickboxing
Rizin Trigger 3
Rizin Trigger 3 Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on April 16, 2022, at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Chōfu , Japan .
Background
Results
Rizin Trigger 3
Weight Class
Method
Round
T.Time
Notes
Lightweight 71 kg
def.
TKO (Punches)
2
3:14
Openweight
def.
Takakenshin
TKO (Soccer Kicks and Punches)
2
3:49
Featherweight 66 kg
Masanori Kanehara
def.
TKO (Punches)
3
3:37
Flyweight 57 kg
def.
KO (Soccer Kick and Punches)
2
3:29
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
Shooto Watanabe
Decision (Split)
3
5:00
Intermission
Lightweight 71 kg
def.
TKO (Punches)
3
4:12
Catchweight 72 kg
def.
TKO (Punches and Elbows)
3
3:16
Catchweight 63.5 kg
def.
TKO (Three knockdown rule)
1
2:52
Kickboxing
Rizin 35
Rizin 35 Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on April 17, 2022, at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Chōfu , Japan .
Background
A Rizin Super Atomweight Championship bout between the reigning champion Ayaka Hamasaki and Seika Izawa was scheduled for the event.[ 19]
A Rizin Featherweight Championship rematch between the reigning champion Juntaro Ushiku and the former champion Yutaka Saito was scheduled for the event.[ 20]
A Rizin Lightweight Championship rematch between the reigning champion Roberto de Souza and Johnny Case was scheduled for the event.[ 20]
Results
Rizin 35
Weight Class
Method
Round
T.Time
Notes
Lightweight 71 kg
Roberto de Souza (c)
def.
Johnny Case
Submission (Reverse Triangle Armbar)
1
3:32
For the Rizin Lightweight Championship
Featherweight 66 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
For the Rizin Featherweight Championship
W.Super Atomweight 49 kg
Seika Izawa
def.
Ayaka Hamasaki (c)
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
For the Rizin Super Atomweight Championship
Heavyweight 120 kg
Tsuyoshi Kosaka
def.
KO (Punches)
1
2:05
Intermission
W.Super Atomweight 49 kg
Kanna Asakura
def.
Satomi Takano
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Lightweight 71 kg
Spike Carlyle
def.
Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)
2
1:35
Heavyweight 120 kg
def.
TKO (Punches and Elbows)
1
1:36
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Featherweight 66 kg
def.
Technical Submission (Triangle Choke)
1
2:00
Featherweight 66 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Rizin Landmark 3
Rizin Landmark 3 Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on May 5, 2022, in Japan .
Background
Fight Card
Rizin Landmark 3
Weight Class
Method
Round
T.Time
Notes
Catchweight 68 kg
Kleber Koike Erbst
def.
Submission (Face Crank)
1
1:37
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Catchweight
Hideo Tokoro Masanori Kanehara
-
Daisuke Nakamura Shinobu Ota
Draw (Time Limit)
1
10:00
Grappling Tag Match
Featherweight 66 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Catchweight 62 kg
def.
KO (Punch)
2
2:21
The Match 2022
THE MATCH 2022 Kickboxing event held by Rizin Fighting Federation in partnership with K-1 and RISE on June 19, 2022, in Tokyo , Japan .
Background
The main event will feature the megafight between the RISE Featherweight champion Tenshin Nasukawa and the K-1 Super Featherweight champion Takeru Segawa .[ 21]
Results
Rizin 36 Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on July 2, 2022, in Okinawa , Japan .
Background
A bantamweight bout between the former Rizin bantamweight champion Kai Asakura and the unbeaten Ji Yong Yang was scheduled as the event headliner.[ 22] [ 23]
A featherweight bout between two former kickboxers, Hiroaki Suzuki and Ren Hiramoto , was booked as the co-main event.[ 24]
Fight Card
Rizin 36
Weight Class
Method
Round
T.Time
Notes
Featherweight 66 kg
Ren Hiramoto
def.
Hiroaki Suzuki
Decision (Split)
3
5:00
W. Super Atomweight 49 kg
Saori Oshima
def.
Miyuu Yamamoto
Decision (Split)
3
5:00
Catchweight 54 kg
def.
Mitsuhisa Sunabe
TKO (Knee and Punches)
1
1:40
Featherweight 66 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
3
1:46
Intermission
Lightweight 71 kg
def.
TKO (Punches)
1
2:05
Bantamweight 61 kg
Taiga Kawabe
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Kickboxing
Flyweight 57 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Flyweight 57 kg
def.
TKO (Punches)
2
2:23
Flyweight 57 kg
def.
TKO (Knees and Punches)
2
4:57
W. Super Atomweight 49 kg
def.
Submission (Armbar)
1
2:12
Catchweight 72.5 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Kickboxing
Lightweight 71 kg
def.
TKO (Elbows)
2
1:05
Rizin 37 - Saitama
Rizin 37 - Saitama Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on July 2, 2022, in Okinawa , Japan .
Background
The quarerfinal bouts of the 2022 Rizin Super Atomweight Grand Prix were held at the event.[ 25]
A flyweight bout between Makoto Takahashi and the 44-year old veteran Hideo Tokoro and booked for the event.[ 26]
The 2016 Olympic Games wrestling silver medalist Shinobu Ota was scheduled to face Yuki Motoya in his fourth professional bout.[ 27]
Yoshiki Nakahara was initially scheduled to face Ulka Sasaki at the event, but Sasaki tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by Tetsuya Seki.[ 28] [ 29]
Fight Card
Super Rizin & Rizin 38 combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation in partnership with The Money Team on September 25, 2022, at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan .[ 30] Abema in Japan.[ 31]
Outside of Japan, Integrated Sports produced English-language PPVs of both cards for FITE . They were the first RIZIN events to be distributed on FITE since Rizin 23 & Rizin 22 in 2020.
Background
The event was headlined by an exhibition boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Japanese mixed martial artist and YouTuber Mikuru Asakura .[ 30]
The 2021 Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix winner Hiromasa Ougikubo faced current Road FC Featherweight champion (also former ONE Bantamweight World Champion ) Soo Chul Kim in a bantamweight non-title bout.[ 32]
The Rizin Super Atomweight Grand Prix Semifinals bouts took place during the event, which saw Si Woo Park face Ayaka Hamasaki and Seika Izawa face Anastasiya Svetkivska. Izawa was originally expected to face Rena Kubota , who was forced to withdraw due to injury.[ 14]
Results
Super Rizin
Weight Class
Method
Round
T.Time
Notes
Catchweight
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
def.
Mikuru Asakura
TKO (Punch)
2
2:59
Exhibition boxing
Openweight
Kōji Tanaka
def.
Jizzy Mack
TKO (Referee stoppage)
3
0:50
Exhibition boxing
Catchweight 53 kg
Nadaka Yoshinari
def.
TKO (Referee stoppage)
1
2:24
Muay Thai rules
Featherweight 66 kg
def.
Submission (Armbar)
1
1:54
Rizin 38
Bantamweight 61 kg
Kyoji Horiguchi
def.
Technical Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
2
2:59
Super Atomweight 49 kg
Seika Izawa
def.
Submission (Armbar)
2
4:56
Rizin Super Atomweight Grand Prix Semifinals
Super Atomweight 49 kg
Si Woo Park
def.
Ayaka Hamasaki
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Rizin Super Atomweight Grand Prix Semifinals
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
Hiromasa Ougikubo
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg
def.
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
1
1:48
Featherweight 66 kg
Chihiro Suzuki
def.
Submission (Rear-naked choke)
2
2:14
Lightweight 71 kg
def.
KO (Punches)
1
1:23
Rizin 39
Rizin 39 Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on October 23, 2022, at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Japan .
Background
A Rizin Featherweight Championship bout between current champion Juntarou Ushiku and former KSW Featherweight Champion Kleber Koike Erbst was scheduled as the main event.[ 33]
A bantamweight kickboxing bout between Trent Girdham and the former Rajadamnern Stadium bantamweight champion Genji Umeno was announced for the event.[ 34]
Results
Rizin 39
Weight Class
Method
Round
T.Time
Notes
Featherweight 66 kg
Kleber Koike Erbst
def.
Submission (Triangle Choke)
2
1:29
For the Rizin Featherweight Championship
Heavyweight 120 kg
Tsuyoshi Sudario
def.
TKO (Punches and Knee)
2
0:30
Lightweight 71 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Lightweight 71 kg
def.
Submission (Armbar)
1
3:35
Intermission
Catchweight 75 kg
def.
TKO (Punches)
3
2:33
Welterweight 77 kg
Daichi Abe
def.
Yukinari Tamura
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg
Genji Umeno
def.
TKO (Knee Injury)
1
0:21
Kickboxing rules
Featherweight 66 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Featherweight 66 kg
def.
TKO (Punches and Soccer Kicks)
1
2:31
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
1
4:33
Catchweight 57.5 kg
def.
TKO (Head Kick)
2
1:42
Kickboxing rules
Catchweight 63 kg
def.
KO (Head Kick)
1
0:34
Kickboxing rules
Rizin Landmark Vol.4
Rizin Landmark Vol.4 Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on November 6, 2022, at the Dolphins Arena in Japan .
Background
A bantamweight bout between Satoshi Yamasu and Ren Hiramoto was booked as the main event.[ 35]
Fight Card
Rizin Landmark Vol.4
Weight Class
Method
Round
T.Time
Notes
Lightweight 70 kg
Ren Hiramoto
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Featherweight 66 kg
Chihiro Suzuki
def.
Masakazu Imanari
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg
def.
Ikuhisa Minowa
TKO (Punches)
1
2:24
Intermission
Heavyweight 120 kg
def.
Takakenshin
TKO (Punches)
1
4:35
Super Atomweight 49 kg
Satomi Takano
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Flyweight 57 kg
def.
Decision (Split)
3
5:00
Featherweight 66 kg
def.
Hiroaki Suzuki
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
KO (Punch)
2
4:13
Featherweight 66 kg
Yuta Kubo
def.
Keisuke Okuda
TKO (Elbows and Punches)
1
4:43
Opening Bouts
Bantamweight 61 kg
def.
TKO (Punches)
2
3:00
Flyweight 57 kg
def.
KO (Punches and Soccer Kick)
2
2:52
Strawweight 53 kg
def.
TKO (Referee Stoppage)
1
0:39
Kickboxing rules
Rizin 40 & Rizin vs Bellator Combat sport event co-promoted with Bellator MMA that took place on December 31, 2022, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama , Japan.[ 36] [ 37] [ 38] [ 39] [ 40] Super Rizin & Rizin 38 , the event was split between two cards; the Bellator card would follow the Rizin 40 card after an intermission.
In the United States, Rizin 40 would air live on FITE ,[ 41] Showtime .[ 38] [ 42]
Fight Card
See also
References
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