Rizin 45: Horiguchi vs Shinryu 2 airs stay from Saitama Tremendous Enviornment in Saitama, Japan on Sunday, December 31. The ultimate MMA struggle card for 2023 contains a sequence of bouts with two titles contested on the evening.
Within the five-round essential occasion, Kyoji Horiguchi (31-5) and Makoto Shinryu (16-1-1) battle it out for the inaugural Rizin flyweight title. The pair meets in an all-Japanese rematch, following their first struggle in July that resulted in No Contest resulting from an unintended eye poke at Bellator MMA x Rizin 2.
Within the co-main occasion, Juan Archuleta (29-4) of the USA squares off towards Kai Asakura (20-4) of Japan. Archuleta was anticipated to place his bantamweight belt on the road, however he was stripped of title after lacking the required 61 kg weight restrict by 2.8 kg (round 6.17 lbs). Asakura is eligible to carry the title in case of victory.
Additionally on the cardboard, Kleber Koike (31-7-1) faces his Japanese-fellow Yutaka Saito (21-7-2) at featherweight. Plus, Ren Hiramoto (2-3) takes on Ren Sugiyama in all-Japanese bout additionally at featherweight and Tsuyoshi Sudario (8-2) meets Mikio Ueda (2-1) in all-Japanese conflict at heavyweight. The complete lineup might be discovered beneath.
Rizin 45 stay stream & begin time
United States
Broadcast: FITE TVDate: Sunday, December 31Time: 12 am ET
United Kingdom
Broadcast: FITE TVDate: Sunday, December 31Time: 5 am GMT
Australia
Broadcast: FITE TVDate: Sunday, December 31Time: 4 pm AEDT
Rizin 45 struggle card
Get Rizin 45: Horiguchi vs Shinryu 2 full struggle card and keep tuned for outcomes beneath.
Important card
Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Makoto Shinryu – inaugural Rizin flyweight title
Juan Archuleta vs. Kai Asakura, bantamweight – vacant Rizin FF bantamweight title
Kleber Koike vs. Yutaka Saito, featherweight
Ren Hiramoto vs. Ren Sugiyama, featherweight
Seika Izawa vs. Miyuu Yamamoto, 108 lbs catchweight
Tsuyoshi Sudario vs. Mikio Ueda, heavyweight
Hiromasa Ougikubo vs. John Dodson, flyweight
Yuki Motoya vs. Vince Morales, bantamweight
Shinobu Ota vs. Ryusei Ashizawa, bantamweight
Koji Tanaka def. Kota Miura by TKO (punches and kicks, R2 at 0:59)
Igor Tanabe def. Shinsho Anzai by submission (rear-naked choke, R1 at 1:32)
Hiroya Kondo def. Jo Arai by TKO (head kick and punches, R2 at 2:53)
Yuta Kubo def. Rukiya Anpo by submission (rear-naked choke, R1 at 4:28)
Prelims
Suguru Nii def. Satoshi Yamasu by KO (punch, R2 at 1:03)
Tatsuki Shinotsuka def. Daichi Tomizawa by unanimous determination
Ryujin Nasukawa def. Jung Min Shin by TKO (punches, R2 at 2:16)
Joe Hiramoto def. Yushi Sakura by unanimous determination
*Archuleta ineligible to win the title resulting from missed weight
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