Avenging a loss from this previous yr, Saori “Little Large” Oshima solely wanted 100 seconds to safe a victory in her girls’s tremendous atomweight rematch towards Ye Ji Lee tonight at Rizin Preventing Federation: “Landmark Vol. 15” in Hiroshima, Japan. Oshima shortly submitted Lee with a nasty kneebar.
The cardboard featured two extra tremendous atomweight bouts because the promotion seeks to search out challengers for its vacant title on the finish of the yr. Former title challenger Si Woo Park outworked Moeri “Black Diamond” Suda, and Namiko “Hime” Kawabata soundly outstruck Ayane “Barbie” Hirata.
Oshima (17-7-0) clearly had one thing to show tonight after she was upset by Lee (7-9-0) within the pair’s first assembly in Might 2025. Straight away, she tied Lee up and latched on to her arm earlier than throwing Lee right down to the mat. Lee instantly scrambled as much as her ft, nonetheless, and she or he suplexed Oshima down. Oshima countered by rolling right into a deep kneebar on Lee’s proper leg, which pressured the South Korean to faucet out on the 1:40 mark of the opening body.
With finishes being closely rewarded within the ongoing Rizin girls’s “invisible” tremendous atomweight match, Oshima might have earned herself a spot within the vacant championship struggle on New 12 months’s Eve with tonight’s efficiency. At worst, she has absolutely superior on to face one other contender in October or November, with the winner of that struggle competing once more on the finish of December for the title.
Park (14-6-0) and Suda (15-8-0) had a way more compeitive bout, which went all three rounds and ended with Park’s hand raised. Suda tried to take the struggle to the bottom in all three rounds, and she or he was additionally far more aggressive than normal along with her putting, however Park’s takedown defence was strong and she or he landed the simpler punches on the ft. Within the closing spherical, Park bloodied Suda’s nostril, however that didn’t cease Suda’s ahead momentum. On account of Park receiving a Yellow Card and a one level deduction within the second spherical for outstretching her fingers, the struggle seemed to be shut sufficient to doubtlessly warrant a Draw from the judges, however all three scored it in favour of Park.
The 2-round preliminary card bout between Kawabata (7-5-0) and Hirata (4-4-0), then again, was not a detailed struggle and Kawabata cruised to a dominant victory. Hirata did exhibit enhancements in her putting throughout the first spherical, but it surely was nonetheless Kawabata who landed the extra damaging blows and she or he stuffed Hirata’s takedown makes an attempt. Within the second spherical, Kawabata damage Hirata with knees and kicks to the physique, which pressured a wounded Hirata to shoot for desperation takedowns. Hirata made it to the ultimate bell, however Kawabata simply took house the Unanimous Resolution victory.
