As 2024 involves a detailed, Japan’s custom of internet hosting massive fights on New 12 months’s Eve continues, with RIZIN additionally celebrating their tenth 12 months occasion with a stacked card. RIZIN 49: Decade begins TONIGHT (Dec. 30, 2024) and can go on properly into Tuesday morning (December 31) with a deep card that options three championship bouts, and a whopping 22 fights total.
RIZIN 49: Decade will stream LIVE on RIZIN.television, beginning at 11 p.m. ET, and can go on till the morning.
RIZIN champions Chihiro Suzuki, Kyoji Horiguchi and Roberto Satoshi Souza will prime the cardboard and every defend their titles in opposition to Kleber Koike, Nkazimulo Zulu and Vugar Karamov, respectively.
These new 12 months’s occasions in Japan additionally usually add “freakshow” fights, however the greatest spectacle that they had deliberate was scrapped as boxing star Ryan Garcia sadly needed to pull out on the final minute. MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba’s son Taisei Sakuraba will make his MMA debut on the cardboard although, and can instantly be thrown into the deep finish in opposition to a long-term contender.
RIZIN may also goal mainstream audiences in Japan, dedicating a portion of the cardboard to the truth present Breaking Down, the place Mikuru Asakura’s staff takes on Ren Hiramoto’s Black Rose. Rukiya Anpo, who was purported to face Garcia, will now signify Mikuru’s staff in opposition to the a lot bigger Ok-1 champ Sina Karimian in a David vs. Goliath styled boxing match.
Be part of us for some late evening fights, and comply with alongside under as we convey you reside outcomes and video highlights from RIZIN’s NYE present.
RIZIN 49: Decade Full Outcomes and Highlights
RIZIN Decade Major card
Chihiro Suzuki vs. Kleber Koike [Featherweight title]Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Nkazimulo Zulu [Flyweight title]Roberto Satoshi Souza vs. Vugar Karamov [Lightweight title]Seika Izawa vs. Lucia ApdelgarimYuki Motoya vs. Kyoma Akimoto — Yuki Motoya def. Kyoma Akimoto by Unanimous decisionYuta Kubo vs. Razhabali Shaidulloev — Razhabali Shaidulloev def. Yuta Kubo by TKO (floor and pound), R2Ya-Man vs. Karshyga Dautbek — Karshyga Dautbek def. Ya-Man by Unanimous determination
Ryuya Fukuda vs. Ryusei Ashizawa — Ryuya Fukuda def. Ryusei Ashizawa by KO (Punch), R1
Mikio Ueda vs. Tae In Kim — Mikio Ueda def. Tae In Kim by KO (knee), R2
Makoto Shinryu vs. Jose Torres — Jose Torres def. Makoto Shinryu by cut up decisionYusuke Yachi vs. Taisei Sakuraba — Taisei Sakuraba def. Yusuke Yachi by TKO (punches), R1
Koji Takeda vs. Suguru Nii — Koji Takeda def. Suguru Nii by Unanimous Technical determination (stopped early resulting from low blow)Takakenshin vs. King Edokpolo — King Edokpolo def. Takakenshin by TKO (knee and punches), R1
Taiga vs. Genji Umeno — Genji Umeno def. Taiga by unanimous decisionSanou Yokouchi vs. Kenshin Saito [Koshien Final] — Sanou Yokouchi def. Kenshin Saito by submission (rear bare choke), R1
Prelims / RIZIN Bangaichi: Workforce Mikuru Asakura vs. Workforce Black Rose
Rukiya Anpo vs. Sina Karimian [Boxing] — Rukiya Anpo def. Sina Karimian by unanimous determination (60-54 x3) Issa Hosokawa vs. Sho Patrick Usami [Kickboxing] — Sho Patrick Usami def. by Issa Hosokawa by TKO (physique pictures), R2
Aoi Noda vs. Tatsuki Shinotsuka [Kickboxing] — Tatsuki Shinotsuka def. Aoi Noda by TKO (left hook), R1
Daichi Tomizawa vs. Kota Miura — Daichi Tomizawa def. Kota Miura by KO (knee), R1
Yura vs. Taio Asahisa [Kickboxing] — Taio Asahisa def. Yura by unanimous determination
Hyuma Yasui vs. Kurobarakun — Hyuma Yasui def. Kurobarakun by unanimous decisionHiroto Gomyo vs. Koki Akada — Hiroto Gomyo def. Koki Akada by cut up determination
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