Rizin FF Ladies’s Tremendous Atomweight Champion Seika Izawa overcame an chubby opponent and cruised to a different fast victory tonight at Rizin Preventing Federation: “Tremendous Rizin 4” in Saitama, Japan. Izawa submitted Yu Jin Shin, who missed weight for the non-title strawweight matchup.
Izawa’s title was initially set to be on the road tonight, however Shin did not make weight for the second consecutive combat even after the burden restrict had been elevated. Additionally tonight, Moeri “Black Diamond” Suda spoiled the Rizin debut of 17-year-old Noeru “Noel” Narita of their tremendous atomweight bout.
Izawa (16-0-0), who was enraged on the weigh-ins when Shin (3-1-0, 1 NC) did not make weight once more, had promised to make Shin remorse coming to Rizin by defeating her tonight. She did simply that and utterly dominated the South Korean throughout tonight’s temporary matchup.
Izawa secured a fast takedown into facet management and she or he landed knees and forearm strikes to Shin’s face early on. Shin evaded a Brabo choke, however Izawa punched from the highest after which locked on an arm-triangle choke. Shin had nowhere to go and tapped out on the 2:24 mark, ending the combat in fast and decisive vogue.
For the reason that finish of 2022, Izawa’s Rizin profession has been a turbulent one because the promotion has matched her up in opposition to opponents competing of their retirement bouts or others who’re woefully outmatched. Regardless of Shin’s huge weight miss for Street FC in December, Rizin however introduced her in to face Izawa anyway, and in the long run Izawa didn’t even obtain a chance to defend her title.
“The combat was good,” Izawa mentioned backstage. “I anticipated that Moeri would win and I wish to face the winner between Moeri and Saori [Oshima]. I’d additionally prefer to face Jeong Eun Park. I’ll do a ‘Seika Problem’ [to determine my next opponent]. Please await particulars.”
A victorious Seika Izawa (left) and Moeri Suda (proper) following Tremendous Rizin 4.
Suda (14-6-0) continued her streak of victories with a dominant efficiency tonight in opposition to a recreation Narita (2-2-0), who was pressured to play defence proper from the outset. Suda trapped Narita in a triangle choke for the whole period of the primary spherical and elbowed the facet of Narita’s head. She was not capable of safe a end, however the maintain stored Narita trapped in place and stifled any makes an attempt at offence save for just a few hammerfists.
Within the second spherical, Suda clinched with Narita and took her down after sweeping out her leg. She moved from facet management to mount after which locked on an armbar as Narita tried to get to her toes. Narita was caught face-down on the mat as Suda cranked on her arm, and the teenager was pressured to undergo Suda’s armbar on the 3:02 mark of spherical two.
“I’m not glad concerning the combat,” Suda admitted backstage. “I bought the end, however I needed it earlier. Seika’s efficiency was nice. I’m not able to face her but, however I wish to sooner or later. I wish to combat in opposition to Saori Oshima as a result of I misplaced to her earlier than.”
Suda, who turns 21 in two days, has gained six of her previous seven fights together with 4 in a row.
