LFA Interim Strawweight Champion Natalia “Kuzya” Kuziutina scored an enormous victory in her tremendous atomweight debut tonight at Rizin Preventing Federation: “Landmark Vol. 13” in Fukuoka, Japan. The 2016 Olympic bronze medallist judoka submitted former Rizin champ Ayaka Hamasaki within the first spherical.
Kuziutina’s spectacular win over Hamasaki turned much more impactful shortly after it occurred and he or she could now be in line for a shot on the Rizin FF Girls’s Tremendous Atomweight Championship that was vacated tonight by Seika Izawa, who introduced that she is pregnant along with her first youngster.
Kuziutina (10-1-0) and Hamasaki (26-8-0) traded kicks till Kuziutina initiated a clinch towards the cage. Time was known as when Hamasaki was kneed within the groin, however motion resumed and Kuziutina secured a body-lock takedown into Hamasaki’s half-guard. She spent a lot of the spherical elbowing Hamasaki’s physique and punching her face. As time ticked down, Kuziutina moved to facet management and landed knees. She latched on to Hamasaki’s proper arm and spun into an armbar for the tapout win on the 4:55 mark of the opening spherical.
On the time, Izawa had not but vacated her title, and it appeared like Kuziutina’s win over Hamasaki may propel her right into a combat towards the undefeated champion. As an alternative, with the belt now up for grabs, it will appear possible that Kuziutina might be vying for it later this 12 months towards an undetermined opponent.
Natalia Kuziutina (left) and Ayaka Hamasaki (proper) following Rizin FF: Landmark Vol. 13.
“I’m glad I received the end as a result of I must get them if I’m going to grow to be champion,” Kuziutina mentioned backstage after her win. “[Hamasaki] has good placing, however I’ve expertise from judo. I did a name and response [during the fight] with coach ‘King Mo’ [Muhammed Lawal], and he informed me precisely once I wanted to get the end. I need to grow to be champ and I need to compete within the vacant title combat.”
“I couldn’t do something,” Hamasaki mirrored backstage on her loss. “I anticipated her to be sturdy, however her high management was higher than I assumed and I used to be not capable of keep standing and strike. I can’t take into consideration my profession proper now. I must take time to relaxation and replicate on it.”
